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Findings of Medical Inspection.
The tabulated results of Routine and Non-routine Medical
Inspections will be found in Table II. of the Appendix.
Out of 2,390 routine examinations, 571 or 23.9 per cent. of
the children were found to require treatment for defective conditions.
Of the 1,312 defects found, 622 were referred for medical
treatment and 690 for supervision or further observation.
The methods of notification of defects to parents and teachers
and of the following up of cases remain unaltered. In this connection
no less than 1,511 visits were made by the School Nurses
to the homes of the children and to the schools.
Uncleanliness.— This preventible condition remains one of
the principal causes of loss of school time. Such loss is as deplorable
as it is unnecessary, the more so as it makes demands on the
time of the medical and nursing staff that might be better utilised.
The responsibility for it rests with the parents whose carelessness
n permitting uncleanliness to occur is equalled only by their