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The percentages for head and body vermin are respectively
1.11 per cent. and .073 per cent.
Number of Home Visits 2297
Number of Children visited at School 7291.
Conditions remedied during the year under Cleanliness
scheme:—
Defective Clothing 65
Unclean Heads 1074
Unclean Bodies 54
Skin Diseases 27
No children were cleansed under Section 122 of the Children
Act, but 89 heads were cleansed at the School Clinics by the
Nurses.
(b) MINOR AILMENTS
Various minor affections common in school children are included
under this heading, such as Impetigo, various Skin
Diseases, Sore Eyes, Discharging Ears, and minor first aid cases.
A few of these are discovered at School Medical Inspection, but by
far the greater number are brought forward by the teachers, and
sent to the Minor Ailments Clinic.
Columns 2 and 4 of Table II. in the Appendix give the findings
among the Routines and Specials respectively.
(c) ENLARGED TONSILS AND ADENOIDS.
At Routine Inspection 1,627 cases were referred for operative
treatment, and 614 among the Specials.
(d) TUBERCULOSIS.
Routine and Specials, Pulmonary—with definite signs 13
Suspected 99
Other Forms of Tuberculosis 67
(e) SKIN DISEASES.
Excluding Ringworm there were 262 cases among the "routines"
requiring treatment and 3,290 among the "specials." There
were 44 cases of Tinea Tonsurans (Head Ringworm) and 141 on
the body, requiring treatment.
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