CARE FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13250, 23 August 1906, Page 5

CARE FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.

Per Press , Assoc&«tdon. Auckland,. August 22.

discussion by the Education Boat'd thi& morning -as to Dr. Masons suggestions for the medical >mspection of school children, the secretary straried that 1 the present' position was that the Board at its last meeting # decided to co-operate m-thJ the -Health Department .{subject ,to the sanction of the Education Minister) in a compreheasTve ' scheme The Chairman said that clause 4 : ol tHe scheme,' which recommends the holding of meetings of teachers, *Q;be instructed by the District Health,Of£cer on the .detecting of early signs of illness, could be dealt with' -at once. In regard to the rest of the scheme; l-fche Boaird miust- await further ,<de- ! tailed proposals from the Health J>&- \ partment. Mv Harris .'held that the Board was not right sir* .usurping the responsibilities of paTen-isi If th^'doctor reported a defect} ' the. vduty - -i fell upon parents to repair it,-, but, --> in mlany cases troupe resulted, .. iron* want of sufficient -food, rather than i from any physical defect. The Ohlairman said legislation "would haVe to be got if necessary. 1 There were, however, defects, such -as curvature of the spine; which • parents;, would often not suspect till it was /tog.- late, to 1 remedy it. 'Mr Bdgecuftib^'''Ba id flhesame could^'bte said of "defect^e;*%eeiight. The Cbairm'an' moved *^hat J «in rergard 1 Ito clause >4, Dr.' Frerigley [be asfced whether he could lectU(re to teatihers ■as suggested by Dr. Mason during thie Michaelmas Eblidiaye; Thas 51 " 1 was agreed 'to. ' • ' "' i