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Tuberculosis Officer :—
Old T.B. lungs 1
T.B. Spine and ankle 1
T.B. left hip 1
Nerves 1
Head Teachers :—
Bronchitis 1
Debility 1
Others :—
Bronchitis, Asthma and Pulmonary Catarrh 1
Bronchicetasis 1
Perthes Disease 1
Rheumatic Carditis 1
The 41 children not now on the school roll ceased attendance for the
following reasons :—
Transferred to Fyfield Open Air School 1
Resumed attendance at ordinary school 34
Left school—over age 1
Admission to convalescent home 2
Admission to Black Notley Sanatorium 3
The Dental Surgeon has carried out one complete inspection of the
children's teeth at the Open Air School. The following table shows briefly
the dental work carried out :—
Number of children examined by the School Dentist 61
Number of children referred for treatment 23
Number of children treated by Dental Surgeon 23
In addition, 39 children, on the recommendation of the Medical Officer
at the Open Air School, received priority treatment at the Dental Clinic.
As a result of the Medical Officer's periodic examinations, a number of
the children have been recommended certain treatment as follows :—
Administration of Milk in school 29
Administration of Cod-liver Oil Emulsion 29
Administration of Malt and Oil, Parrish's Food, etc. 11
Referred to Ophthalmic Surgeon 5
Orthopaedic Surgeon re Remedial Exercises,
etc. 3
„ Dental Surgeon 4
„ Aural Surgeon 4
Rheumatism Clinic Specialist 1
„ Artificial Sunlight Clinic 2
„ T.B. Officer 6
Recommended Asthma exercises 12
Recommended Convalescent Home treatment 1
A course of Asthma Injections has been given to 32 children during the
year.
Recommendations have also been made to the Head Teacher as to the
amount of exercises individual children should undergo, and also as to the
taking of shower baths and natural sunshine.
14 children received Artificial Sunlight treatment during the year.

*56 of this number were found to be infected with living vermin; the
remainder with nits only. A child with any nits in the hair at all is included
in these figures.