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As a result of medical inspections in all schools a total of 6,477
defects were receiving or were thought to require medical treatment.
The decline compared with the previous year is mainly due to reductions
in the number of dental and orthopaedic defects which were recorded. A
further 5,985 defects were referred for observation by the school medical
officers. A summary of the defects which were found has been recorded
in Table 3. The proportion of defects which were discovered in every
hundred children examined has been recorded in Table 4.
Personal Hygiene
A general improvement in this small but persistent problem was noted
during the year. The number of children who were found unclean for the
first time showed a reduction of 22%. and the number of cases of uncleanliness
at follow up visits declined by 86 (Table 5). Once again it is
pleasing to place on record the continued vigilance of the school nurses in
their attempts to eradicate this problem.
A cleansing station is provided for the treatment of scabies and
persistent verminous conditions. Twenty-one school children attended the
cleansing station for treatment of scabies, and fifteen school children were
treated for head vermin. Both of these figures are smaller than those in
1967.