The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1907. MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 27 August 1907, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1907. MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS.

In discussing the above question in his annual report, Dr Mason says : —1 have found throughout the colony that the teachers, with few exceptions, take a great interest in the physical welfare of their pupils, and as a. matter of fact many of them are actually doing the work which I suggest should be done. It is proposed that the schoolmaster should keep a list of all his pupils who, in his opinion, are below normal in health. The child who complains that he cannot see the figures on the blackboard, the scholar who always turns one ear to the teacher, who sits with open mouth, who complains of frequent headaches, suffers from constant toothache,

who coughs, suffers from a rash, who inodes or limps about the playground, or who suggests in any way that he is not well, should be placed upon the list. This list would be given to the medical inspector at his visit. Thus, instead of having to examine the whole school, his time would be spent over, sa} r , some 10 or 12 per cent. With this reduced number it would be possible, I think, for iour or five officers to examine all the schools in the colony. ..