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schools, three were recommended for admission to a special day
school and two were recommended for home teaching. Eight of
the children recommended for Child Guidance are still awaiting to
be referred through, as there are no facilities at present.
SUMMARY OF EXAMINATIONS
The total number of individual children examined during the
year, excluding those attending the Dental Department, was 9,874.
This number was made up as follows :—
Examined at Routine Inspection 4,710
Examined at Minor Ailment Clinics 2,911
Examined at Ophthalmic Clinic 1,251
Examined at Orthoptic Clinic 196
Examined at Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic 314
Examined under Juvenile Employment Bye-laws 34
Examined under Sections 34 and 57 of the
Education Act, 1944 50
Examined at Orthopaedic Clinic 193
Examined at Cardiac Clinic 17
Examined at Speech Clinic 135
Special Examinations 63
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Diphtheria 3
Scarlet fever 126
Pneumonia 11
Measles 460
Whooping cough 156
Erysipelas 1
Cerebro-spinal fever 2
Acute anterior poliomyelitis 7
Acute polioencephalitis 2