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School Work.
Westfields Infants:
Insufficient closet and urinal accommodation for boys.
A shelter is needed in the play ground.
The central hall wants better lighting both natural and artificial.
Right of way through school playground used to be highly
objectionable, but has now been stopped.
Mortl ike Council Infants:
The windows should be open at night.
Hopper windows are better than the central swing windows.
Provision might be made for an open-air class.
Cloak-room accommodation is insufficient.
SUMMARY Of WORK DONE BY THE HEALTH VISITOR.
School Work.
The Health Visitor was present at 45 Routine Inspections of
School children by the School Medical Officer and assisted in the
clerical work of sending notices of treatment to the parents,
tabulating lists of defective children, scheduling the same and
summarising for purposes of annual report.
The Health Visitor also attends the "Inspection Clinic" for
half-an-hour each morning at Railway Street, where records are
kept of children seen by the School Medical Officer after being
sent up by the teachers or by the School Attendance Officer.
Certificates of exclusion or ability to return to school are given,
and advice re treatment.
The "School Clinic" was opened last December, and is
distinct from the "Inspection Clinic." This Clinic is opened on
Monday mornings and Wednesday afternoons for an hour when
school children may be treated for minor ailments, after having
been recommended by the School Medical Officer and visited by the