MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF SCHOOLGIRLS
A medienl exaiiiiiiution el the girl pupils of Hutt Valley High Si-hool will begin today. The school principal, .Mr. .1. N. .Millard, reported m the boanl of governor,s last night that Dr. Elizabeth Gunn, tor of school hygiene, had :le'ked him to allow her to arrange for two of her women doctors to condncl :i medical examination of tire girls, along similar lines to those followed in the case of t lm boys.
I'hc examination had to be completer! before the end of the year. e'O there truer 110 time to wait for a disenws’ion by th-*' board. He had consulted the chairman. .Mr. D. A. Ewen, who had asked him to allow the examination to proceed provided the parents had the option of refusing permii'-sion if they desired. 'I he women teachers were now busy doing the preliminary work and the medical examination would begin today.
Mr. J. Lai'ltey lias resigned from the committee of the Hutt Valley Cricket As-oointion. and Mr. H. E. l-'oote. M l! ( >d<l I’cllowij’ Club, hat« been elected in his Kt pad.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 65, 9 December 1938, Page 6
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