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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.
Among the 4,519 children examined in a routine manner
there were, excluding uncleanliness and dental disease, 295 defects
requiring treatment and 589 requiring to be kept under observation.
The examination of the 4,922 children submitted to special inspection
revealed 2,484 defects requiring treatment and 379 requiring to
be kept under observation.
Of the 4,519 children examined at the routine inspections,
272 or 6 per cent. were found to require treatment for one or more
defective conditions other than defective teeth or verminous
condition.
NUTRITION.
In Table II the nutritional state of the children examined
at routine medical inspection is indicated in accordance with the
suggestions of the Board of Education in Administrative Memorandum
125 of 1935. Of the 4,519 school children examined 11.6
per cent. were classified as of excellent nutrition, 86 per cent.
of normal nutrition, and 2.4 slightly sub-normal, no children being
classified as of bad nutrition. With only 2.4 per cent. of the
children found to be of sub-normal nutrition it would seem that the
nutritional state of the children is being maintained at a high
standard.
The twice yearly nutritional surveys, begun in February, 1940,
were continued in 1941. In two surveys, involving 18,861 inspections
of children, 1,474 children were selected for further
examination with the result that only 107 or .6 per cent. were
classified as slightly sub-normal and none were classified as of
bad nutrition. In these surveys, as in those carried out in the
previous year, the percentage of sub-normal children was less than
the percentage found at routine medical inspection. The difference
may be due to the fact that at routine medical inspection all the