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Very little disturbance of the school work is caused
by these examinations of the children, because the Head
Teacher of the schools concerned has been notified a
few days beforehand, and is able to provide a suitable
room for that purpose.
At this examination the Head Teacher and the
parent, if present, are both in attendance.
Four groups of children were medically examined
during the year. The absentees on those occasions were
visited later, so that no child escaped medical inspection.
They were selected thus:—
I.—Entrants, 5—6 years.
II.—8 years.
III.—11 years.
IV.—13 years or leavers.
Table I, at the end, shows the number of children
inspected.
Findings of Medical Inspection.
A review of the facts disclosed by the inspection of
the children is here given in a short form. Table II at
the end of the report gives fuller details.
Uncleanliness.
On the occasion of these Routine Inspections of the
children, only 20 were found to be affected with vermin,
chiefly in the hair. The smallness of this number, I believe
to be accounted for by the unremitting efforts of
the teachers and nurses in endeavouring to make your
children clean and free from this pest. I shall have
something further to say, under my remarks with reference
to the nurses' duties.
Tonsils and Adenoids.
15 per cent. of the children examined were found to
be affected with enlarged tonsils and adenoids. This
includes only slight cases which do not call for