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The following quantities have been dispensed at cost price, at less
than cost price, or gratuitously, according to circumstances:—
Cod Liver Oil and Malt 1,931 lbs.
Parrish's Food 1,519 lbs.
Cod Liver Oil 1,269 ozs.
Syrupus Ferri Iodidi 2,376 ozs.
Syrupus Calcii Lactophosphatis 2,308 ozs.
Examinations by the Medical Officers.
41 teachers, 2 attendance officers, 1 caretaker, and 2 junior clerks
have been examined by the Medical Officers.
1 child has been medically examined and licensed to take part in
entertainments.
6 boys, between the ages of 15 and 16 years, have been examined
and licences granted under the Bye-Laws relating to Street Trading.
Bacteriological Examinations.
Swabs have been taken from children discharged from Isolation
Hospital after diphtheria, and from children who have been in contact
with cases of diphtheria, and examined bacteriologically. 1,142 such
examinations were made, 93 were found to be positive, 997 negative, and
52 contained bacteria morphologically similar to Klebs Loeffler bacilli.
Microscopical Examinations.
Hairs were taken from children who were suspected to be suffering
from ringworm in 34 instances and submitted to microscopical
examination. 29 were positive.