MAKING MEDICAL INSPECTION EFFECTIVE 

 NOTICE TO PARENT OR GUARDIAN, MASSACHUSETTS 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts 



NOTICE TO PARENT OR GUARDIAN 



IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 502 OF THE ACTS OF 1906 YOU 

 ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT 



HAS BEEN EXAMINED BY ME AS SCHOOL PHYSICIAN AND FOUND 

 TO HAVE SYMPTOMS OF 



PLEASE SECURE COMPETENT MEDICAL ADVICE 

 AT ONCE 



SCHOOL PHYSICIAN. 



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When systems become more highly developed, it is found that 

 the effectiveness of the work can be greatly enhanced by sending 

 the notification on a return post card which serves the purpose of 

 notifying the parent of the condition of his child, making a brief 

 statement as to the importance of the case, and providing a con- 

 venient means whereby the physician consulted can report back 

 to the school authorities what action, if any, he has taken in the 

 case. The post card form in use in Birmingham, Alabama, shown 

 on page 74, fulfills these three objects admirably. 



SECURING PARENTS' CONSENT 



In many cities special forms are used on which parents give 

 written consent to have their children treated at the school clinics 

 or the hospitals working in co-operation with the educational 

 authorities. A typical blank of this type is the form reproduced 

 on page 75, which is in use in the public schools of St. Louis. 



PARENTS PRESENT AT EXAMINATIONS 



In England and in Germany special care is taken to have 

 parents present during the examination of their children in order 



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