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The figures generally are down on last year as 45 sessions were
lost due to staff changes and leave.
Schools
Four school departments have been visited and case discussions
have taken place with Head Teachers.
Attendance
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Attendances have been good at all clinical sessions except during
school holidays when a considerable drop was noticed. More
parents are attending with their children and taking a practical part
in their training.
SPECIAL SCHOOL
The School for Educationally Sub-normal Children was open
for the whole of 1957 and at the end of the year 40 children were
on the roll. During the year 7 new cases were admitted.
TUBERCULOSIS — SPECIAL SURVEYS
During the year the Tuberculin Patch Test was applied to all
new entrants in the Infants' Schools. All known contacts and children
who had a primary infection prior to school entry were not included
in this survey.
Total number patch tested 805
Total number negative 803
Total number found to be positive 2
One of the cases found to be positive had already been vaccinated
with B.C.G. but the mother did not mention this at the
routine medical inspection when the patch testing was done. The
other case was sent to the Ealing Chest Clinic, it was confirmed
that his T.B. test was positive but no significant abnormality in
the chest x-ray was found. He is still under observation.
Four special surveys were carried out on school children.
In an infants' school a case of miliary tuberculosis occurred.