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FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
A detailed summary of defects found at both routine and special
inspections is contained in Table II on page 91.
Among the 7,296 children examined in a routine manner
there were, excluding uncleanliness and dental disease, 811 defects
requiring treatment and 1,152 requiring to be kept under observation.
The examination of the 6,505 children submitted to
special inspection revealed 4,602 defects requiring treatment and
653 requiring to be kept under observation.
Of the 7,296 children examined at the routine inspections,
764 or 10.5 per cent. were found to require treatment for one or
more defective conditions.
(a) Malnutrition.—The state of nutrition of the children
examined at routine medical inspection is shown in Table II B on
page 92. The classification is in accordance with the suggestions
of the Board of Education as set out in the Administrative
Memorandum No. 124 issued in 1935.
The nutrition of the school children in Ealing, as indicated in
previous reports, is very good. The percentage of children whose
nutrition is satisfactory, that is, those classified as "excellent"
or "normal" is 97.4. The percentage of children classified as
slightly sub-normal remains almost exactly the same as in the
previous year and only two children were found whose nutrition
was considered to be "bad."
As in previous years all children who were of subnormal
nutrition were kept under medical supervision and were given free
milk and meals when necessary. It was frequently noticed that
children who had been originally classified as being of subnormal
nutrition improved during their school life and were eventually
classified as "normal,"