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The School Nurse makes special visits to the schools to examine whole
classes of children, with a view to ascertaining their condition as to cleanliness.
The children with nits are given cards to take home, warning their parents
of the condition and giving advice as to how to get rid of nits and vermin.
She has looked over 2,620 this year.
About cleansing station, refer to my report as M.O.H.
Teeth.
Of the boys 903, and 873 girls, had one to three teeth decayed, and 692
boys and 693 girls had four teeth or more decayed.
Nose and Throat.
Amongst the boys 374, and 470 girls, had either enlarged tonsils or
adenoids, or both.
Eye Disease.
Squint was observed in 51 boys and 62 girls. 54 boys and 65 girls were
wearing spectacles. Slight errors of vision were found in 102 boys and 90
girls, and marked errors in 107 boys and 112 girls.
SCHOOL CLINICS.
Our scheme was settled in 1914, but the approval of it has been formally
withheld by the Board of Education until the end of the war.
INFECTIOUS AND (or) CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

N.B.—None were excluded for Nits only.
The total number of exclusion certificates (including the above) issued
for contagious and other diseases by the School Medical Officers during the
year was 1,689, the reasons for the exclusions being:—