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MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The medical inspection carried out comprised (1) the routine
inspection in the schools of children in the three age-groups recommended
by the Board of Education, namely (a) entrants, (b) children
at eight years, and (c) children at twelve years; (2) the special
inspection of children referred by the head-teachers, school nurses,
school enquiry officers, etc.; (3) the annual inspection of physically
or mentally defective children; and (4) the inspection of children
in connection with the supply of milk at the cost of the Education
Committee.
FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
A detailed summary of defects found at both routine and
special inspections is contained in Table II A on page 101.
Among the 5,996 children examined in a routine maimer
there were, excluding uncleanliness and dental disease, 767
defects requiring treatment and 1,131 requiring to be kept under
observation. The examination of the 4,368 children presented for
special inspection revealed 2,848 defects requiring treatment and
345 requiring to be kept under observation.
Of the 5,996 children examined at the routine inspections
733, or 12.2 per cent., were found to require treatment for one or
more defective conditions.
(a) Malnutrition.—The standard of nutrition of the children
examined at routine medical inspection is shown in Table II, B.,
on page 102. The classification is in accordance with the requirements
of the Board of Education as set out in the Administrative
Memorandum No. 124 issued at the beginning of 1935.
The nutrition of the school children in the Borough is extremely
good for no less than 97 per cent, of the children examined were
classed as "normal" or "excellent," and 175, or 2.9 per cent.,
were found to be "slightly sub-normal." There were three children,
or .1 per cent., recorded in the fourth class, "Nutrition—Bad."