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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1921, 2 December 1913, Page 7

"It h;(s long boon urged hy the staff of mcdical inspectors attached to tiio Commonwealth Kducatiou Department, says iui Australian exchange, "that, a moio complete systom than they are able to earrv out alone should be devised. They' point out that while they may inspect the children, and discover the physical defects which require remedial'treatment-, it is by no means assured that the parents will follow tha advico given. The means of tho parents arc often such as to prevent them obtaining tho treatment for their children. A reform of the whole system is now being mapped out by Sir Alexander Peacock,'. Minister of Education, and is likely to receive the approval of the Stale Cabinet. The Minister's plan is not so much to extend the staff of regular medical officers as to obtain tho assistance of local medical practitioners throughout the State. Tims ordinary inspectors may visit the school":-; from lime to time, but the local doctors will lie aide to visit the selmols at regular intervals, and learn whether their advice has been carried out. It is proposed, too, on the. advice of Mr. T. liivingsfon, M.L.A., who has been interesting himself in tiio requirements of the. country schools, that the sympathies of the Hush Nursing Association should be engaged, and that muses should visit the homes of the parents whoso children have been found to need special treatment."

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