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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 45.
Among the 4,692 children examined in a routine manner
there were, excluding uncleanliness and dental disease, 534 defects
requiring treatment and 605 requiring to be kept under observation.
The examination of the 4,430 children submitted to special inspection
revealed 3,102 defects requiring treatment and 630 requiring to be
kept under observation.
Of the 4,692 children examined at the routine inspections,
781 or 16.6 per cent. were found to require treatment for one or
more defective conditions.
. Malnutrition.—The state of nutrition of the children
examined at routine medical inspection is shown in Table II on
page 45. 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 99.1. The percentage of children classified as
slightly sub-normal is .9. There were no cases of Nutrition D.
As in previous years all children who were of sub-normal
nutrition were kept under medical supervision and were, given free
milk, when the family circumstances justified it, two-thirds of a
pint daily being the rule.
UNCLEANLINESS.
All elementary school children in the Borough are examined
for cleanliness three times a year. This year, however, the figures
for the third examination, taking place after the summer holidays,
were reduced because a number of the school children were evacuated
and because after the outbreak of war some of the school nurses were
engaged on other duties and could not carry out the head inspections.
Much criticism was made of the condition of many of the
children evacuated from the towns into country districts and
assertions were made that the school medical service had failed