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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.
The cards are subsequently returned to the schools and kept
in special filing cases supplied to each department.
The disturbance of school routine is minimised by using
teachers' rooms in the majority of cases for the inspections, and
by having the children from their class in small batches of six at
a time.
The arrangements for accommodating the Officers concerned
in the work are adequate in the majority of the schools in the
Borough.
PARENTS PRESENT AT MEDICAL INSPECTION.
During the year 1914 the percentage of parents present at
Inspection was 30.5 as compared with 34.9 in 1913.
It is unfortunate that more parents do not attend at Medical
Inspections, as it is found that treatment is more likely to be
secured in those cases where defects are found and can be demonstrated
to the parent.
The number of objections to Medical Inspection are on the
decrease.
The larger number are found to be in the Senior Girls Department,
and this difficulty might probably be overcome by the
appointment of a female Medical Inspector, who might undertake
the examination of all girls.
The objections being so numerous in some departments of
certain schools led one to believe that it might be due to lack of
sympathy in the work of Medical Inspection by the Head
Teacher, but I am now convinced that this is not the reason. The
teachers are largely responsible for the effectiveness of the