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Medical Inspection.
cases of skin disease were found on routine inspection.
At the Inspection Clinic there were found 72 cases of
ringworm of the head, 12 of ringworm of the body,
46 scabies, 272 of impetigo, and 7 other cases of skin
disease.
The number of cases of ringworm of the head was
unusually large and was due to an outbreak of the disease
in Northfields and Little Ealing Schools, which supplied
44 cases during the year.
(f) External Eye Diseases.—At the routine inspection
11 children were found to be suffering from blepharitis,
25 from squint, 1 from conjunctivitis, 2 from corneal
opacity, and 11 from other diseased conditions of the
eye. At the Inspection Clinic there were found 5
cases of blepharitis, 3 of squint, 29 of conjunctivitis,
3 of keratitis, 2 of corneal ulcer, 1 of corneal opacity,
and 2 of other diseased conditions of the eye, or a total
of 45 cases.
(g) Vision.—Defective vision is one of the most
common defects found in school children. During
routine inspection no fewer than 153 or 6.4 per cent,
of the children were found to have defective vision of
such a degree as to require the particular examination
by an oculist. In addition to this number 11 other
cases were found at the Inspection Clinic and referred
for examination and treatment.
(h) Ear Disease and Hearing.—At routine inspection
19 cases of defective hearing, 11 of otitis media and 12
of other diseases of the ear were found, while at the
Inspection Clinic there were found 19 cases of defective
hearing and 25 of otitis media. The large number of
cases of defective hearing and of otitis media seen at