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GENERAL RESULTS OF INSPECTIONS.
Defects found at inspections are given in Table E. iv.: no
change in the headings has been made, the table being on similar
lines to that used in the previous year. It is not possible to tabulate
the results of advice given to parents as to the treatment of
defects found at school medical inspections throughout the year
1914, but I have made arrangements whereby in another year these
results can be classified and set forth in a table.
HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS.
The average heights and weights of the children attending the
various schools of the Borough was well maintained. The year,
so far as trade conditions are concerned, was a good one, and that
probably accounts largely for the generally good physical condition
of the children.
WANT OF CLEANLINESS.
Condition of the Heads. Of the 8,067 children inspected, 82
heads were infected with live vermin at the time of inspection, and
1,095 other children had " nits" and 230 children had dirty heads
apart from vermin. The proportion of children in whom head
vermin was detected at medical inspections is about 1.01 per cent.
of all children inspected, and the number in whom "nits" only
were found 13.5 per cent.
The incidence of "nits" is still greatest amongst the older
girls, 26 per cent. of whom were infected with "nits." Nineteen
per cent. of the infant girls were found to have "nits" in the
head.
The proportion of children found infected with vermin of the
body at medical inspections was 1.29 per cent.
The arrangements for the cleansing of verminous children at
the cleansing station opened in the year 1912 have on the whole
been found to work satisfactorily, the total number of children
cleansed at the station during the 12 months is 70, and 4 of these
were cleansed on two occasions, making 74 attendances in all.
CLOTHING.
The number of school children estimated as having insufficient
clothing in 1914 was m, as compared with 68 in 1913. The much
larger number is apparently due to the larger total of inspections
made, but the percentage is also slightly increased 1.4 per cent.
contrasted with 1.1 per cent. in 1913.