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Employment
of children
in entertainments.
1 ; psoriasis, 1 ; non-medical reasons such as " withdrawn," illegal hours, under
or over age, etc., 79 (1).
The number of medical examinations of children under the regulations governing
the employment of children in entertainments was 699 (59 boys, 640 girls). Two
children, girls, were rejected owing to heart disease. One hundred and eighteen
children were referred for treatment in the first instance and given certificates of
fitness at a subsequent medical examination. The conditions requiring treatment
were dental decay 85, visual defect 19, throat condition 4, skin affection 2, personal
hygiene 3, heart 1, infectious disease 1, ear affection 2, and flat-feet 1.
Examination of employees in the education service and scholars.
In the year 8,589 entrants to the permanent education service, and candidates
for teaching awards, scholarships, and local special places, presented themselves
for examination. The following table indicates the numbers submitted for each
grade and the results of the examinations :—

* Including 13 permanent service cases (8 male, 5 female), 6 teaching awards
(female) and 15 scholarships (8 male, 7 female) referred from 1934.
† The causes of rejection were mainly defects of vision, unsatisfactory general health and
morbid conditions of the heart.
In addition to the above, 123 examinations were made of scholars (52 male,
71 female) with a view to determining their fitness to continue to hold awards,
and of these 10 (3 male, 7 female) were found to be unfit.
Re-examinations totalling 1,801, were made of entrants, scholars, etc., who
were referred at the first examination for treatment for one or more remediable
defects.
The total number of examinations was 10,547, an increase of 1,316 on the total
for 1934.
Cases
specially
referred.
There were also referred to the public health department 3,629 special cases in
which medical advice was required. This figure includes 3,137 teachers (614 men,
2,523 women) and 492 schoolkeepers, cleaners, etc. (124 men, 368 women).
In regard to recommendations governing sick leave to teachers, 2,133 or
72.5 per cent. of the teachers concerned were over 40 years of age ; this shows an
increase of 1.5 per cent. on that of the previous year.
Teachers of
physical
education.
In connection with these cases, 15 home visits were paid during the year.
During the year 274 applicants for admission to the Council's course of physical
education were examined. Of these 22 were deemed to be either temporarily or
permanently unfit to undergo the training on the following grounds : poor general
condition, 7; varicose veins, 7 ; recent injury, 1 ; hernia, 1 ; heart trouble, 3 ;
myopia, 1; gastric condition, 2.