The "Folow-up" Service operated by the School Nurses continued to render valuable assistance up to the end of the Spring Term in June, and was nbt again recommenced until the last four days of December owing to ihe complete absence of staff on duty elsewhere.
In addition to the usual "Follow-up" many special visits to special cases were made either at the direction of a medical officer or else in Order to observe progress of cases excluded from school.
During September—December, work in the Grant-aided schools became very complicated owing to the transference of many schools to temporary the inclusion of several schools in a single building ete., so that both inspection and clerical work increased to a very marked There were 217 schools on the Grant-aided list during 1937 and 2,678 inspections were made by Inspectorial staff.
36 new sanitary installations were made during 1937 in Chinese Grant-aided schools and a large number of improvements-to existing accommoda-ton carried out. There were also several new installations in course of construction at the close of the year. A marked improvement has taken place in the observance of minimum air and floor space by schools following the circulation of letters to Principal setting forth the required
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