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The total number of children attending public elementary
schools who were examined once at least during the year was 5,943.
The average number of children on the school register was 9,744.
This means that 61 per cent. of the children on the registers were
medically examined during the year. The average attendance at
the schools was 87.1 per cent.
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 3,995 routine children examined there were 1,414
defects requiring treatment and 868 requiring to be kept under
observation without treatment; and among 1,948 children specially
examined there were found 1,668 defects requiring treatment and
152 requiring to be kept under observation. Out of a total of
5,493 children there were altogether 3,082 defects requiring treatment,
and 1,020 requiring to be kept under observation. Of the
3,995 children examined at the routine inspections, 647, or 16.2
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 17,391 children examined,
389, or 2.2 per cent. were excluded on account of verminous condition.
There were 47 other children with heads in a verminous
condition found at the routine medical inspection in the schools,
and 39 found at special inspections after being referred by the
head-teachers for examination at the Health Centres. In addition
four children were excluded for verminous condition of the body.
No summonses were issued under the School Attendance
Byelaws for non-attendance owing to exclusion for verminous
condition.