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(b) The Board of Education Schedule of Medical Inspection
is adopted.
(c) Steps taken to secure the early ascertainment of
crippling defects :—
Children suspected to be suffering from defects of any
kind are referred to the Medical Officers by teachers, school
nurses, attendance officers, members of the Education Committee
or any other person interested in the children, also by
charitable organisations. In many cases parents also seek
the advice of the Medical Officer with regard to their children.
In these ways serious defects of any kind come under
observation early and are not left to be discovered only when
the child happens to be due for Routine Medical Inspection.
Children brought to notice by these various means are what
are called " Specials," i.e., children first brought under
observation by other means than by Routine Medical
Inspection. 396 " Special Cases " were dealt with and
1,490 re-examinations made.
FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
(a) Uncleanliness.
At the Medical Inspections 106 cases were found.
The Nurses by their systematic examination of children
in the schools discovered 936 cases. Most of these
were moderate cases shewing only nits in the hair
and the great majority were in girls. 129 cases were
excluded from school. Of the children who were excluded
2 were cleansed at the school clinic, the remainder
were cleansed at home and re-admitted to
school without the necessity of taking legal proceedings.
Of the total 1,042 cases, 388 were completely
remedied and 293 improved.
(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.