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FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION
(a) Uncleanliness.
At the Medical Inspections verminous conditions
(mostly the presence of nits in the hair of girls) were
found in 62 cases. In addition to the examination of
the children at Medical Inspections, visits (without
previous notice to the parents) are made to the Schools
by the nurses, and the children systematically examined
as regards cleanliness. The average number of these
visits per school was 5; 5,016 children were examined and
of them 389 were found to be unclean. The great bulk
of these cases were children showing a moderate number
of nits in the hair and not requiring to be excluded, 81
cases were excluded. All these excluded cases were
cleansed at home and re-admitted without the necessity
of any further action than visits to the home by the nurses.
Notices were sent to the parents of all the 389 children
and visits were paid to the homes with the view of impressing
on the parents the importance of keeping their
childrenclean. Advice as to how this might best be done
was also given. By these means the condition was
remedied in 153 cases and greatly improved in a further
208 cases. 26 cases were not improved and still remained
under observation at the end of the year.
(b) Minor Ailments.
This includes such skin diseases as Ringworm, Scabies
and Impetigo and mild inflammation of the eye and ear.
These are dealt with under their respective headings
below.
(c) Tonsils and Adenoids.
One hundred and twenty-five cases were found to be
in need of treatment; 24 of these received operative
treatment at the Hendon Cottage Hospital and 36 elsewhere;
30 received other forms of treatment; the
remainder are still under observation.
(d) Tuberculosis.
Six cases of suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis are
being kept under observation. One case of Tubercular
cervical glands was treated and improved. One case of
suspected Tuberculosis of the Spine is under observation.