The health of the school child / by W. Leslie Mackenzie.

  • Leslie Mackenzie
Date:
1906
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Credit: The health of the school child / by W. Leslie Mackenzie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    before removal from the ordinary school must, if the parents so wish, be subjected to a detailed examina- tion, in order that special advice in relation to the choice of a profession may be given. eo. Besides the provisions contained in Sections 4 and 6, examinations are to be undertaken by the School Doctor :— (a) When it is desired to admit a child to the ordinary school before the end of the sixth year, or when, in the case of boys of the ordinary or preparatory school, and girls of the ordinary or girls5 Sunday school, it is proposed on account of their health to set them free before they are of school age ; (fi) When, in the case of individual children, it is desired to keep them back from school for a year or to free them from taking part in special branches of study; (c) When, in the case of children that have con- tracted infectious disease, it is necessary to bring a certificate that they can be again admitted to school without danger to the other pupils ; (d) When there is a doubt whether absences from school are really due to illness ; 0) When there is reason to suppose that a child, reported by its relatives as ill without a more precise description of the illness, is suffering from an infectious disease. These investigations take place on the order of the acting School Inspector. They do not, however, take place when medical certificates are produced.