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The foregoing table shews that a large number of children
suffer from diseases requiring medical treatment. In many cases
these diseases involve loss of attendance at school with consequent
loss of grant. This is notably the case in regard to skin diseases,
where 75 children lost 6,866 attendances. This year 378 children
lost altogether 15,866 attendances as compared with a loss of
14,321 attendances by 244 children last year.
This lost of attendance and consequent loss of grant year by
year on account of remediable diseased conditions is a matter
for the earnest consideration of the Education Committee. It is
certain that treatment would save a large portion of the grant
lost, and in addition, the community would reap the advantages
stated in the introductory letter to this report.
In connection with the 125 cases excluded on account of
nitty and verminous conditions, it is to be noted that in three
instances, the Education Committee had to resort to prosecution
of the parents under the Attendance Acts before the children were
sufficiently clean to return to school. Fines were inflicted in these
three cases.
III.—MEDICAL TREATMENT.

In the 78 cases in which no information was obtained, the
children had left the school or district before the visit of the
Health Visitor.