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and often causing an industrious child to degenerate into a loafer. It
is very desirable that these cases should be treated in a School Clinic,
for not only would every case be treated, but arrangements could be
made to see that the treatment ordered would be carried out. At the
present time these children are seen periodically by the School Medical
Officers, but there is no means of ensuring that the child is treated by a
medical man; or, if it is, of ensuring that the treatment ordered is
energetically carried out.
Alopecia areata was present in 3 children; one child, a boy aged
twelve, was completely bald, the hair starting to come out at the age
of seven. Another child, a girl of thirteen, had the greater part of her
hair grey, this having come on very suddenly without apparent cause.
Other affections found were:—Scabies, 2 cases; Impetigo, % cases;
Eczema, 11 cases; Children with congenitally rough skins, 14 cases;
Icthyosis, 1 case; Psoriasis, 6 cases; Lichen, '1 case; Herpes Zoster, 1 case;
Seborrhœa of skin, 1 case; "Port-wine" stain of skin, 2 cases.
Teeth.
The next table gives the number of children with decayed teeth,
divided into two classes—(a) those with three decayed teeth or less, and
(b) those with four decayed teeth or more. The figures are given for the
ages of five, six, ten and thirteen, and for all ages, including the intermediate
ages. The percentage of children with decayed teeth is given in
italics.