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FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Among the 3,556 children examined in a routine manner there
were 244 defects, excluding uncleanliness and dental disease,
requiring treatment and 487 requiring to be kept under observation.
The examination of the 6,371 children submitted to special inspection
revealed 3,500 defects requiring treatment and 935 requiring to be
kept under observation.
Of the 3,556 children examined at the routine inspections,
228 or 6.4 per cent. were found to require treatment for one or more
defective conditions other than defective teeth or verminous
condition.
NUTRITION.
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The state of nutrition of the children examined at routine
medical inspection is shown in Table II. The classification is in
accordance with the suggestions of the Board of Education as set
out in Administrative Memorandum No. 125 of 1935. Of the
3,556 school children examined 12.1 per cent, were classified as
of excellent nutrition, 85.5 of normal nutrition and 2.3 slightly
sub-normal.
When the routine nutritional survey of the children in school
was discontinued in the previous year it was decided that the school
nurse should pay a special visit to each school once a month to
ascertain from the head teacher whether there were any children
attending school whose physical condition was considered to be
unsatisfactory, appointments then being made for these children
to be seen at the Health Centres by the Assistant Medical Officers.
This procedure was continued .
UNCLEANLINESS.
All elementary school children in the Borough are examined
for cleanliness three times a year, and if in any school the number
of verminous children is found to be unusually high, more frequent
inspections are made.
It was found necessary to take legal proceedings under the
Children and Young Persons Act against the parents of one child
during the year for continued uncleanliness amounting to neglect.
It will be seen in the following table that the usual high standard
of cleanliness of the children has been maintained.