d to the
school. Cases of illness involving temporary absence from school are
reported to him as well as the cases involving prolonged absence from
school.

Children are medically examined upon admission to school, and a record
is made of their age, height, weight, chest measurement, etc. "Any
natural or accidental infirmity is chronicled, state of eyes and teeth,
dental operations performed at school, etc. This examination is repeated
annually, so as to keep a record of each child's physical development."
Great attention, moreover, is paid to the cleanliness of the children
attending school, and the children are examined daily by the teacher
upon their entrance to school.[16]

In most of the large towns of Germany a system of periodical medical
examination and inspection of children attending school has also been
established. _E.g._, in 1901 Berlin appointed ten doctors for this
purpose, with the following amongst other duties:--

1. To examine children on their first admission as to their fitness
to attend school.

2. To examine children with the co-operation of a specialist for
the presence of defect in the particular sense organs (sight,
hearing).

3. To examine children who are supposed to be defective and who may
require special treatment.

4. To examine periodically the school buildings and arrangements
and to report on any hygienic defects.[17]

In England, although there is no specific provision for the incurring of
the expense of conducting the medical inspection of children attending
the Public Elementary Schools, it is generally held that the expense may
be legitimately included in the general powers assigned to educational
authorities under the Act of 1870; and, especially since 1892, in
several areas, a definite system of medical inspection has been
established, and in many others there is a likelihood that some system
of medical inspection will be organised in the immediate future.
According to the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the
Medical Inspection and Feeding of School Children, published in November
1905, out of 328 local education authorities, 48 had established a more
or less definitely organised system of medical examination, whilst in
eighteen other districts teachers and sanitary officers had undertaken
organised work for the amelioration of the physical condition of
children attending Public Elementary Schools. As a rule,