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Home Visits: Total 1939 Total 1938
To cases of Infectious Disease 182 864
Other Cases
Follow-up Cases 148
No reply 216 168
Total Home Visits 2,041 3,180
Visits to Schools:
re Personal Hygiene 51 63
Children examined 8,184 9,912
Found Unclean 62 51
Children seen at other Visits 1,717 3,114
Clinic Sessions Attended:
Minor Ailment Clinics 258 402
Inspection Clinics 106 113
Eye Clinics 37 39
Immunisation Clinics 78 109
Aural Clinics 7 11
Dental Clinic 70 84
MEDICAL INSPECTION
(a) Routine Inspections.
Routine inspections are those made on the school premises of
the groups of children prescribed for examination by the Board of
Education. The number of children examined at these inspections
during the year was:— 1939 1938
Entrants 342 863
Intermediate 410 651
Leavers 494 476
Other Routine Inspections 21 30
1,267 2,020
These groups have been explained in previous reports.
(b) Other Inspections.
In addition to the above groups, 2,060 "Special" Inspections
were made of children referred to the Medical Inspector either at the
School or the Clinic, or to Specialist Clinics for examination.
1,952 re-inspections were made of the above routine or special
cases, compared with 3,421 in 1938.
(c) Following up.
In connection with children found defective at Routine or
Special Examinations, steps are taken to see that they are followed
up until treatment is obtained. The following figures show the
extent of this work:—
Children referred for observation or treatment—
(a) From School Inspections 441
(b) From other Inspections 561
Total 1,002
Written appointments are given for all the Specialist Clinics.
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