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22.
SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICES.
I an glad to report that the health of the school children was
well maintained. The incidence of infectious diseases, with the exception
of Scarlet Fever to which reference has already been made, remaining low and
the nutritional standard was almost identical with that of the previous year,
as will be seen in the following comparative tables:-
TABLE XV.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED
DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS

I am convinced that the Scheme for the provision of meals and milk
in school has been the largest single factor contributing to the maintenance
of this satisfactory nutritional standard.
In a report of this scope no detailed description has been given of
the medical and dental services which have been established for the inspection
and treatment of the school child, comment being limited to points of particular
interest, but these services have been fully maintained and in certain respects
increased.
The various forms of treatment which have been provided for the
children attending the elementary schools are now available to the secondary
school children, and the appended Tables will give some indication of the volume
of work which was undertaken:-