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At the Health Centres 3,060 non-routine inspections were
made of children who were submitted by the head-teachers, school
enquiry officers or school nurses owing to some defect or suspected
defect, and of whom 1,105 attended for re-inspection. On account
of a defect being found at a previous routine or non-routine inspection
1,158 children were submitted to a re-examination. There
were, therefore, 5,323 special inspections or re-inspections of
children. These numbers embrace all the examinations of physically
and mentally defective children who are kept under supervision
and are re-examined at least once in each year.
The total number of children attending public elementary
schools who were examined once at least during the year was 8,273.
The average number of children on the school register was 13,253.
This means that during the year 62.4 per cent, of the children on
the registers were medically examined. The average attendance
at the schools was 88.6 per cent, of the children on the registers.
FINDINGS OF SCHOOL MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The number of defects noted on routine medical inspection
at the schools and on the occasion of the special inspections or
re-inspections are given in Table II. Among the 5,213 children
examined in a routine manner there were, excluding uncleanliness
and dental disease, 695 defects requiring treatment and 1,480
requiring to be kept under observation without treatment; and
among 3,060 children specially examined there were found 2,178
defects requiring treatment and 370 requiring to be kept under
observation. Of the children examined at the routine inspections
12.4 per cent, were found to require treatment for defective
conditions.
(a) Diseases of the Skin.—At the routine inspection there
were found one case of ringworm of the head, one of ringworm of
the body, 4 of impetigo, and 11 cases of other conditions of the skin.
The cases met with at non-routine examinations, for which they
had been specially referred by the teachers or school nurses, were
as follows:—