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Total number of Children examined and total number of
examinations made.

Defects brought to the Notice of Parents.
When any condition remediable by medical or dental means
was noted upon examination of the 1743 children above-mentioned,
notice was given to the parent verbally or in writing. In this
way, 795 notices were issued to parents.
Extent to which Medical Aid is sought by Parents.
In 401 of these 795 cases I have collected information either
by subsequent examination or through visits by the school attendance
officers, as to the extent to which medical aid is sought by
parents, and I find that parents obtained treatment for their
children in 75 cases or 18 5 per cent. of the cases investigated. This
is a serious matter for the sufferer, as I have already shewn under
the various sections of this report. In the next paragraph I
propose to show that it is equally a loss to the Education Committee.
Children excluded from School under Section 53 (b) of the
Code.
Section 53 of the Code reads as follows :—
" Where the Board are satisfied (i.) that proper arrangements
have been made by the Local Education Authority for
enabling the School Medical Officer to ascertain and certify
cases in which the exclusion of children from school is
desirable, and (ii.) that the School Medical Officer has authorised
the exclusion of certain children from the school,
1. On the ground that their exclusion is desirable
to prevent the spread of disease, or