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Uncleanliness. Of 5,169 children examined 3 were found
o have vermin in their heads, and 107 had nits, i.e., 2.18 per cent,
were unclean
No cases of body vermin were found.
Nutrition. The following table shows the state of nutrition
among the children examined:—
Number of children examined 5,169
Number of children classified "A" 596
Percentage of children classified " A " 11.5
Number of children classified " B " 3,868
Percentage of children classified " B " 74.8
Number of children classified " C " 578
Percentage of children classified " C " 11.2
Number of children classified " D " 127
Percentage of children classified " D " 2.5
A Excellent
B Normal
C Slightly sub-normal
D Bad
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Measles 347
German Measles 2
Mumps 3
Whooping Cough 20
Chickenpox 2
Scarlet Fever 271
Diphtheria 1
Poliomyelitis 1
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 3
THE WORK OF THE SCHOOL NURSES.
Number of home visits 2,173
Number of school visits 388
Number of school visits for routine examination of heads 200
Total number of heads examined 43,206
Number of individual children found unclean 947
Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken —