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220 children have had their bodies bathed and their
clothes disinfected at the Council's Disinfecting Station,
Markfield Road, and disinfection of the homes from which
they came was carried out in 41 cases.
The way in which the Teachers have sought for information
on matters pertaining to the health of their pupils is
exceedingly gratifying, and there is no doubt that the
intelligent appreciation on the part of many of them of such
points, has been the means of greatly preventing the spread
of disease. School Doctors are able to visit the same School
at intervals only, and it is therefore for the Teacher who
meets the children daily, to realize that he or she cannot
be too alert to detect anything physically wrong with
them.
Children selected for Medical Inspection during 1912: —
In accordance with the requirements of the Board of
Education, all children entering School for the first time, and
all those about to leave School, have undergone routine
medical inspection. A total of 4,199 children have been thus
dealt with.
Some 1,982 children, who were sent by Teachers or
Attendance Officers to see whether or not they were fit for
School, have been examined at Bruce Castle or at the
Town Hall.
1,019 of these children were unfit to attend for longer or
shorter periods, and 963 were sent back to School. Many of
these children were seen more than once, some, especially those