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Pediculosis.
circumstances of which the School Nurses are fully
cognisant, and secondly the early threat of prosecution
shortly after the exclusion has impressed the parents and
has certainly resulted in the children being cleansed
at an earlier date than formerly.
The steps taken to deal with verminous children are
certainly having a permanent good effect, but it must
be said that this good effect could not have been
accomplished but for the appreciation of the Magistrates
of the necessity of dealing with offenders as firmly as
the circumstances permit them.
Medical Treatment.
The following is a summary of the work of treatment
carried out at the School Clinic during the year.
Throat, Nose, and Ear Department.
Number of children advised during 1919 to have
operation for enlarged tonsils, adenoids and
nasal obstruction 316
Number of children operated on for enlarged
tonsils or adenoids and nasal obstruction 167
Number of children treated by own doctor or at
a general hospital 58
Number of children whose parents objected or
who left the District 38
These children came within the routine medical
inspection groups examined during 1919, but in addition
there were also treated at the Clinic 17 non-routine
cases.
The total operations performed at the Clinic during
1919 were 172 for excision of the tonsils or adenoids,
and 12 for nasal obstruction arising from other causes.
The total number of attendances of children for
treatment was 377, which number included case s