§ 50. Mr. Dayasked the President of the Board of Education what regulations are in force regarding the length of time local authorities should keep records of medical inspections of children during the time they were at school after they have left school; and whether these are preserved or destroyed?
Mr. StanleyThe board have issued no regulations on the subject, but when asked for advice by local education authorities they have recommended that the records of medical inspection should be retained for about five years after the child leaves school, and they understand that this is the usual practice; for example, in London the records are kept until the child's eighteenth birthday, and in Birmingham for a period of five years.
§ Sir Francis FremantleWill provision be made for the use of these records by factory inspectors or other officers of the factory inspectorate?