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SPECIAL EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
Eight teachers were interviewed on one or more occasions by
the medical officer. In three instances the interview had reference to
the existence of infectious disease at the home of the teacher,
while in five cases the Committee required special reports concerning
the health of the teacher.
TRUANTS.
Eighteen children were examined before despatch to truant
schools, and the necessary certificates given to the police.
EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN UNFIT TO ATTEND SCHOOL.
A large number of children referred by the Attendance Committee,
attendance officers or teachers, in addition to others
specially selected by the medical officers, attended at the Town
Hall for medical examination. Owing to the very indifferent
accommodation provided for school purposes prior to December,
1909, it was impossible to keep a reliable list of children seen in
this way.
Among those seen were the following, many being seen on
several occasions:—
Children seen for the first time in 1909—
Diseases of the Lungs 46
„ Hear 7
„ Ear 3
„ Skin 3
Mentally defective children 12
Other nervous diseases 13
Deformities 11
Examined for special schools 12
Various diseases 17
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Re-examination of children seen in 1908—
Diseases of the Lungs 7
„ „ nervous system 5
Other diseases 3
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H. MEREDITH RICHARDS, M.D.,
Medical Officer.