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a child is found to be fussy about food at home, dinner at school
cures this fastidiousness in about a week. Many children who will
not eat green vegetables at home eat them at school without fuss.
At the end of the year it was estimated that 30% of the children
attending school had mothers engaged on war work, and in view of
the continued increase in the demand for women war workers
such a scheme will become a valuable contribution to the well-
being of the children.
NURSERY SCHOOLS.
Since the outbreak of War there have been no Nursery Schools
open in the Borough.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
The scheme by which medical inspection and treatment of
children attending County Schools is carried out on behalf of the
Middlesex Education Committee was extended during the year.
Until then only dental treatment and ophthalmic treatment were
given but from the 1st April the Ealing Education Committee
agreed to include orthopaedic treatment and orthodontic treatment
in the scheme already in operation. At the end of the year further
suggestions were received from the County pointing out that it would
be of assistance if the Ealing Education Committee would provide
treatment for minor ailments at the Health Centres in the Borough.
The Committee agreed to this arrangement which will come into
operation on the 1st April, 1943.
During the year 1,091 routine inspections and 25 re-inspections
were made at the Schools.
Ophthalmic treatment was given to 152 pupils and for 125 of
those glasses were prescribed and 119 were supplied through the
school medical department before the end of the year.
The Orthopaedic Surgeon examined 5 pupils and two of them
made 11 attendances at the Centre for massage and special exercises.
The following is the report of the School Dental Surgeon :—
The total number of pupils inspected at the Secondary Schools
during the year amounted to 1,927, this figure being greater than
that of 1941 by 516. It was found that quite a big percentage had
not received any treatment in the receiving areas and consequently
the children who visited the Centres at Ealing had a considerable
amount of work to be done for them.
The dental work was carried out at all the Health Centres
during 1942 and consisted of extractions and fillings. The
number of permanent teeth extracted, totalled 243, this figure
being slightly more than in the preceding year. Fillings were
inserted in 904 permanent teeth, this figure being greater than that
in the previous year when 358 teeth were filled.