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at school. Like the School Medical Clerk, half her salary might be paid by
your Committee and half by the Council.
As the temporary school medical inspector was not appointed also Assistant
Medical Officer of Health, he suffers the same disability as the temporary
school nurse. Both of them under the present arrangement have over 9 weeks'
holiday yearly, not 3 weeks and 2 weeks respectively, as the permanent
officers do.
Consequently Table IV of the Board of Education is unfilled.
GENERAL REVIEW OF FACTS DISCLOSED BY
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
Tuberculosis.
The number of boys with a family history of consumption was 261, and
211 girls.
The School Medical Inspector, during 1915, sent 9 "B" notifications
to the M.O.H. Of these, 7—4 boys and 3 girls—referred to pulmonary
tuberculosis, and 2 to other forms of tubercle (both girls).
Nutrition.
The number of boys whose nutrition was bad was 9, and the number of
girls 4. It was only fair amongst 371 boys and 326 girls.
PROVISION OF MEALS.
I am indebted to Mr. Pickrell, the Hon. Secretary of the Canteen Committee,
for the following particulars :—
Dinners were served from January 1st to Match 4th at the following
centres St. Michael's, The Parish Room, St. Edmund's and St. John's, and
from March 7th to May 28th at St. Michael's and St. John's. From May 28th
to December 31st dinners were provided at a central cook-shop, the
children being accommodated in a special room.
The total number of dinners served at the centres was 25,268. The cost of
food at the centres to May 28th was £253 6s., making a cost per head 2.4d.
The cost of preparation, apparatus, and serving was 1d. per head.
The number of meals served at the cook-shop from 28th May to December
31st was 8,813, at a cost of 4½d. per head.