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Total 1943 Total 1944
Visits to Schools:
re Personal Hygiene 81 76
Children examined 13 666 12,037
Found Unclean 30 74
Children seen at other visits 2,255 3,202
Clinic Sessions Attended :
Minor Ailment Clinics 315 238
Inspection Clinics 130 102
Eye Clinics 35 8
Aural Clinics 7 3
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 :—-
1943 1944
Entrants 565 506
Intermediate 639 282
Leavers 721583
Other Routine Inspections — —
1,925 1,383
72 sessions were held at the Schools and 300 children were
found to have some defect requiring treatment or observation.
(b) Other Inspections.
In addition to the above groups, 277 "Special" Inspections
were made of children referred to the Medical Inspector either at
the School or the Clinic, or to Specialist Clinics for examination.
2,016 re-inspections were made of the above routine or special
cases, compared with 3,490 in 1943.
(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. Written appointments are given
for all the Specialist Clinics.
FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION
The results of Medical Inspection and Treatment are summarised
at the end of the Report in Tables I—V. The only special condition
calling for comment is the number of children found with
verminous heads. The total of 74 is not large, but it is an increase
over the numbers in previous years and the majority of these cases
were children who had recently returned from evacuation.
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