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(N.B. A child can be noted for more than one defect).
Vision.
The following table is a statement of the visual acuity of pupils whose
vision was tested at routine medical inspections divided into those not
wearing and wearing glasses, together with the proportion noted for treatment
or observation.
6/6
6/9
6/12
or worse
Noted
for Treatment
A. Not Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls
Wearing
Glasses 79.8(81.1) 76.4(76.5) 7.8(8.1) 8.2(8.8) 5.5(5.2) 6.6(6.0) 5.7(4.5) 7.2(5.6)
B. Wearing
Glasses 3.3(1.8) 3.2( 3.5) 1.6(2.0) 2.8(2.9) 2.0(1.8) 2.8(2.3) 4.8(1.2) 6.0(4.5)
Number Tested Boys 3,976 (3,860)
Wearing Spectacles Girls 4,436 (4,538)
Personal Hygiene
An annual comprehensive survey of each pupil is carried out together with
such additional health surveys as are thought necessary or desirable at
selected individual schools or departments. Details of the work done under
the cleansing scheme are shown below. The emphasis of the cleansing scheme
is on the children being cleansed by the parent at home where other verminous
members of the family may, in the privacy that the home affords, also use
the Lorexane No. 3 shampoo distributed by the school nursing department. This
may eradicate a possible source of recurring infestation to the child.
It is the practice for the school nurse, prior to the begining of school
term, to visit families with a record of infestation to ensure that the
children are clean and fit to return to school. This practice has continued
to be of considerable value.

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