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SECTION 6
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
The School Health Service had a comparatively uneventful
year.
The B.C.G. vaccination was limited to private school
children who had not been dealt with in the previous year.
Some 2,000 children attending state maintained schools
were re-tested in connection with the M.R.C. Tuberculosis
research scheme.
The position with regard to obtaining special school
vacancies continues to improve, and the only real difficulty
in finding suitable placement is in cases of multiple
defects.
We have suffered a slight setback in our efforts
against head infestation, The increase in the incidence
of this condition is quite small, (only 70 cases were
found in 54,638 examinations) but it is the first time
for many years we have been unable to report an improvement.
B.C.G. VACCINATION.
Details of private school children offered B.C.G.
vaccination through the approved arrangements under Section
28 of the National Health Service Act, 1946 during
the year ended 31st December, 1958, are as follows:-
1. Number of children whose parents were approached
regarding participation in the scheme 449
2. Number of children whose parents consented to
participate 266
3. Number of those who were tested and found to be
(a) negative 152
(b) positive 30
4 Number of those who were given B.C.G. vaccination 152
The apparent low acceptance rate was due to concurrent
poliomyelitis injections.
MINOR AILMENT CLINICS.
The examinations carried out at these clinics include
a variety of cases in which medical opinion is required.
Cases of poor school attendance, freedom from infection
examinations, recommendations for recuperative treatment,
etc., are among the many things dealt with at these busy
clinics. They also provide a means for a more detailed