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Tuberculosis.

In addition to the above found at routine inspection, other
cases came under the notice of the school medical department.
Altogether 65 cases of Tuberculosis in its various forms were
excluded for longer or shorter periods during 1913, and at the
end of the year there were still excluded 43 cases of the Pulmonary
form.
Several of the latter were considered bad enough to advise
permanent exclusion. Others were probably in the pre-tubercular
stage, and at the moment of writing some have returned to
school and exhibit no signs of the disease.
FOLLOWING UP.
No change was made in the method employed in former
years.
The homes of defective children were visited 943 times in
1913, as compared with 1,254 visits in 1912. Here again there is
evidence that the extra time spent by the nurses at the General
and Dental Clinics has encroached upon their other duties. With
the prospect of an immediate extension of routine inspections,
and presumably an increase in the number of defects discovered,
the appointment of an additional nurse becomes imperative. The
table of results will be found on the next page.
During the year a large number of cases of carious teeth was
notified. It will be seen by reference to the table that 457 of these
received no treatment. Most School Medical Officers must be
familiar with this statement by parents, "Oh ! I thought they