'Ill-informed' Debate By Committees
The Health Department no longer makes regular medical examinations of all pupils in all classes but inspection of any child by a medical officer or nurse may be arranged promptly by the school or by parents, the Canterbury School Committees Association was informed last evening.
The department said this practice had been in vogue since 1964 and seemed to be working satisfactorily. Any change would have to be sought at the national level. Some delegates said members who complained at the last meeting about some children missing inspections obviously were not aware of the
new system. This supported the claim by the national president (Mr W. Fugler), who said in Christchurch two months ago that school committees were notoriously illinformed and slow to repair their shortcomings, thus, enabling the authorities to “blow out” their representations.
The Canterbury president (Mr S. M. Millar) said inquiries since the last meeting had shown that the discussion then had been ill-informed. “We now agree that the present policy is working quite well,” he said.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31522, 9 November 1967, Page 1
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