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Skin Diseases.—Nineteen cases were seen: all required treatment.
Ear Diseases.—Three cases of middle ear disease were found
and 18 cases of defective hearing. All were referred to the Aural
Clinic for treatment.
Tonsils and Adenoids.—Nine hundred and seventy-three children
had already had operation for removal of tonsils and/or adenoids.
One hundred and eighty-eight were found to have enlarged tonsils,
adenoids, or both.
Eye Diseases and Defects.—Seventeen children were found to be
suffering from external eye disease. One hundred and eighty-one
cases of defective vision were found, including 12 cases of squint.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Measles 1
German Measles 4
Mumps 14
Whooping Cough 198
Chickenpox 190
Scarlet Fever 99
Diphtheria 28
Poliomyelitis 1
Encephalitis Lethargica 1
THE WORK OF THE SCHOOL NURSES.
Number of home visits 2,892
Number of school visits 368
Number of school visits for routine examination of
heads 149
Total number of heads examined 33,773
Number of individual children found unclean 1,090
Number of cases in which legal proceedings were
taken 1
TREATMENT CLINICS.
Tonsils and Adenoids.—
Number of cases referred for treatment 334
Number of cases operated under the Authority's
scheme 271
Number of cases operated by private arrangement 15