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The total number of children attending public elementary
schools who were examined once at least during the year was
5,991. The number of children on the school registers was 9,480,
and the average attendance was 87.1 per cent. Taking the number
of children medically examined as 5,991, it means that 63 percent,
of the children on the registers were medically examined at least
once during the year.
The number of parents present at the routine inspections
was 2,786, or 76.5 per cent, of the total children examined.
Findings of School Medical Inspection.
In Table II are indicated the defects noted on inspection at
the schools during medical inspection and at the special inspections.
Among the 3,640 routine children examined there were 1,423
defects requiring treatment and 727 requiring to be kept under
observation without treatment; and among 2,351 children specially
examined there were found 1,818 defects requiring treatment and
68 requiring to be kept under observation. Out of a total of 5,991
children there were altogether 3,241 defects requiring treatment
and 795 requiring to be kept under observation. Of the 3,640
children examined at the routine inspections, 679, or 18.6 per cent,
were found to require treatment for defective conditions other
than uncleanliness and dental disease.
(a) Uncleanliness.— The heads of all the girls attending
public elementary schools were inspected three times in the year
after the usual school holidays. Of 16,326 children examined,
410, or 2.5 per cent, were excluded on account of verminous condition.
There were 62 other children in a verminous condition
found at the routine medical inspection in the schools, and 24 found
at special inspections after being referred for examination by the
head-teachers.
During the year two summonses were issued under the School
Attendance Byelaws for non-attendance owing to exclusion for
verminous condition. A fine of 5s. was imposed by the Court
in each case.