[Report 1920] / School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEDICAL INSPECTION. T he detailed arrangements for the carrying out of the work of medical inspection has not diftered from those in previous yr^ars. The Head I'eachers are given about fourteen days’ mjtice of tlu^ routine inspection in order that they ma}^ have time to jDrepare tiu' cards and notih' the ])arents of the children to be examined. Ihxcej^t in those \er}' small Scliools, consisting of one classroom onl)x the examination itself is lu*ld in the Sch(,)ol. Wdien (.)ther arrangements are necessaiy* these are made bv the Head readier, who usuallx allows the Inspector to use a room in the Schoolhouse. h'h(‘ age groipis wiiich have beim inspected are specified by the Hoard of Ifduca.tion, i.i\, ihitrants, Intermediate Hroup, aged cS years, Lea\'ers and Specials. (I'or statistics see Fabh* I.). In addition to those examimxl at these routine inspixrtions a number of children ha\'e, of course, lieen re-examined (jn account of some disease or defect.