Table: SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1958
SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1958
| Total (All Schools) |
|---|
| 1. MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS | |
| (a) PERIODIC | |
| Number of children examined at school: — | |
| (i) Entrants | 958 |
| (ii) Second age group | 1,530 |
| (iii) Third age group | 1,006 |
| (iv) Others | 608 |
| Total | 4,102 |
| Number of defects found requiring treatment | 518 |
| Number of defects found requiring observation | 523 |
| Number of individual pupils found to require treatment | 479 |
| Nutritional classification of pupils examined:— | |
| Entrants | 2nd Age Group | 3rd Age Group | Others | |
| Satisfactory | 956 | 1,529 | 1,006 | 607 | 4,098 |
| Unsatisfctory | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 |
| (b) SPECIAL | |
| Numbe of children specially examined (including medical examinations for School Camps, Boxing and Part-t ine Employment) | 8,633 |
| Number of defects found requiring treatment | 6,117 |
| Number of defects found requiring observation | 118 |
| (c) RE-INSF CTION | |
| Number of children re-inspected | 9,136 |
| 2. TREATMI MT OF CHILDREN | |
| (a) Total attendances at Specialists' Clinics: — | |
| (i) Ear, Nose and Throat | 620 |
| (ii) Ophthalmic | 2,425 |
| (iii) Orthopaedic | 66 |
| (iv) Paediatric | 249 |
| (v) Skin | 927 |
| (b) Total attendances at Treatment Clinics:— | |
| (i) Minor Ailment | 24,176 |
| (ii) Chiropody | 824 |
| (iii) Orthopaedic | 4,474 |
| (iv) Orthoptic | 1,387 |
| (v) Speech Therapy | 2,203 |
| (vi) Skin | 2,079 |
| (c) Number of children who received operative treatment for tonsils and adenoids | 96 |
| 3. HOME VISITING | |
| Total number of visits made by School Nurses | 3,081 |
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