Author:
Marjorie Saunders
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Date Posted: 19:48:11 11/08/09 Sun
Thank you Tiny for your kind comment.
Well my employment at this small private school for boys did in some ways prepare me for my later post at the remand home .
I suppose it would be regarding the once a year mandatory
School Medical Examination that all the eleven to fifteen year old boys would have to attend .I would assist the visiting Doctor ,usually the same elderly but well built man from the main practice in the town .
Even for a fifteen year old he might have looked a bit intimidating ,but not really with his direct but mild manner .
Parents were aware of the school`s policy on the requirement for their boys to attend the school medical room for a yearly thorough examination.
Most parents would attend , often both father and even mother also ,no doubt to the dismay of their blushing eleven or fifteen year old son .
But this was the sixties and boys were expected to undress
if told to do so and never mind any shyness .
About a hundred and twenty boys attended the school.
So appointments and notifications to parents wishing to attend would be organised according to classroom .
Medical records would need to be put into similar order so that I would have them ready for the doctor as I showed each boy and his parent or parents into the medical room from the waiting area outside on the day and time of the appointment .
All would be seated while the doctor brought any concerns or observations the school might have noted to the parents attention .
Parents could comment as their son was now asked to undress down to his underpants and I would weigh and measure the boy .Then I would give the boy an eye test .
He would then stand by the doctor and allow him to examine him .
This would be head to toe , ears and mouth , and underarms , chest and back sounded , hands and feet checked . I would note any comments from the doctor .
Then underpants off for genital inspection and bending over for any spine disorders and a quick visual between his buttocks .Then up onto the examination table for checking mobility of limbs .
So ,in probably about ten minutes from entering to being allowed to get dressed again ,one young man hopefully marked as healthy and two proud parents knowing a little bit more about their son .
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