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CHILDREN EXAMINED AT THE OFFICE.
In addition to the Inspection at the schools, any parent,
teacher, or Attendance Officer can send a child to my
office any morning between 9 and 10 o'clock. The child is
then seen and a certificate given as to the length of time of
exclusion from school, or returning, as the case may be.
During 1911, 4,520 certificates were issued, and the
causes of exclusion may be roughly classified as under:—
Diseases of Ear 15
„ „ Eye 102
„ „ Nose 9
„ „ Skin 308
Dirty Heads 1,048
Infectious Diseases 30
Ringworm 14
Swollen Glands 112
Sore Throats 362
Tubercular Diseases 1
All other Diseases 410
Total 2,411
Certificates of fitness to attend school were given in
2,109 instances.
The number of certificates granted in previous years
have been as follows:—
In 1910 2,876
In 1909 1813
In 1908 1,882
In 1907 2,070
In 1906 1,665
In 1905 1,493
In 1904 1,518