Table: SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1958
SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1958
| Total (All Schools) |
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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 |