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In addition to the above, 172 examinations were made of scholars (78 male,
94 female) with a view to determining their fitness to continue to hold awards,
and of these 8 (3 male, 5 female) were found to be unfit.
Re-examinations totalling 2,391 were made of entrants, scholars, etc., who
were referred at the first examination for treatment for one or more remediable
defects.
The total number of examinations was 12,252, an increase of 1,705 on the total
for 1935.
Cases
specially
referred.
There were also referred to the public health department 3,181 special cases in
which medical advice was required. This figure includes 2,484 teachers (602 men,
1,882 women) and 697 schoolkeepers, cleaners, etc. (184 men, 513 women).
In regard to recommendations governing sick leave to teachers, 1,722 or
69.3 per cent. concerned teachers over 40 years of age.
Teachers of
physical
education.
During the year, 283 applicants for admission to the Council s course of physical
education were examined. Of these, 19 were deemed to be either temporarily or
permanently unfit to undergo the training on the following grounds: poor general
condition, 6; varicose veins, 6; injury, 2; hernia, 1; renal calculus, 1; postoperative
disability, 2; myopia, 1.
In July it was agreed that, for a limited period, teachers taking the six-weeks
course in physical education should be invited to present themselves for medical
examination at the conclusion of the course.
In September, 76 teachers (38 male, 38 female) attended this course and of
these, 9 (5 male, 4 female) presented themselves for voluntary re-examination at
the conclusion of the course. It was found that the teachers had suffered no
physical ill-effects as a result of taking the course.