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* Ophthalmic and Dental cases are not included in the number for the year 1913.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEDICAL INSPECTION AND DISTURBANCE
OF SCHOOL ROUTINE.
The arrangements for Medical Inspection are briefly as
follows:—
Teachers are given several days' notice of the intended visit
of the Doctor and Nurse.
In the interval between the notice and the Doctor's visit, cards
are sent by the teachers to the parents of children whose ages come
within the scope of routine inspection.
By means of these cards to parents—
(1) Particulars are obtained of the Infectious Diseases
from which the children have suffered.
(2) Parents are notified of the date and hour of the
Medical Inspection, and are given permission to attend.
(3) Opportunity is given to those parents who may wish
to object to their children being examined.
Medical Inspection cards, bearing the name and address of
each child and certain other data, are prepared by the teachers.
At the Doctor's visit a complete physical examination is
made of each child, and the results of the examination, together
with the information obtained from the teachers and parents, are
noted on the card.
On the completion of each day's inspection, the Medical
Inspection cards are taken to the School Medical Officer's Department,
where the information on each is summarised and notice of
defects is sent to the parents.