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SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS
Forty-one children had special examinations during the year,
of whom five were recommended Child Guidance treatment, twentyfive
were recommended a short stay at a residential open-air
school, two were recommended for admission to special residential
schools and nine were recommended for admission to a special
day school.
SUMMARY OF EXAMINATIONS
The total number of individual children examined during the
year, excluding those attending the Dental Department, was 10,042.
This number was made up as follows:—
Examined at Routine Inspection 4,181
Examined at Minor Ailment Clinics 3,277
Examined at Ophthalmic Clinic 1,433
Examined at Orthoptic Clinic 233
Examined at Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic 488
Examined under Juvenile Employment Bye-laws 27
Examined under Sections 34 and 57 of the
Education Act, 1944 40
Examined at Orthopaedic Clinic 249
Examined at Speech Clinic (Sept. to Dec.) 73
Special Examinations 41
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Diphtheria 2
Scarlet fever 83
Pneumonia 5
Measles 291
Whooping cough 122
Acute anterior poliomyelitis 3
DEATHS AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN
There were 10 deaths during the year. The causes were as
follows:—
1 Blood disease
1 Congenital heart disease
1 Rheumatic heart disease
1 Endocarditis
1 Pneumonia
1 Peritonitis
1 Cerebral tumour
1 Mediastinal tumour
2 Accident
PROVISION OF SCHOOL MEALS
During 1948, 30,614 dinners were provided free, and 1,283,253
provided and paid for. 2,090,564 bottles of milk were provided
free.
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