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Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
Number of Defects.
Received Operative Treatment.
Received
other forms
of
Treatment.
(4)
Total
Number
Treated.
(5)
Under the
Authority's
Scheme in Clinic
or Hospital.
(1)
By Private
Practitioner or
Hospital apart
from the
Authority's
Scheme.
(2)
Total.
(3)
400
391
791
412
1,203
Group IV.—Dental Defects.
Vide 7th Annual Report on Dental Work in connection with children attending the public
elementary schools, expectant and nursing mothers and children under 5 years, herewith.
Group V. Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
(i.) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses 24.3
(ii.) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by School Nurses 46,490
(iii.) Number of individual children found unclean 2,240
(iv.) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education
Authority 396
(v.) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken :—
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 16
(b) Under the School Attendance By-Laws 0
(vi.) No. of school sessions at which inspections were conducted 779
(vii.) (i.) Original Inspections :—
Children examined (i.e., Cases not individual children) 37,430
Found unclean 2,954
Percentage found unclean 7.9
Excluded on account of uncleanliness 81
(ii.) Re-inspections :—
Children examined (i.e., Cases not individual children) 9,060
Found unclean 5,450
Percentage found unclean 60.2
Excluded on account of uncleanliness 47
(iii.) Total:—
Examinations 46,490
Exclusions on account of uncleanliness 128
Appendix H of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education for 1923.
Notes on Table IV. (/).
" A Statement as to the arrangements made by the Local Education Authority for cleansing
verminous children and a record of the cases in which legal proceedings were taken,
should be included in the body of the School Medical Officer's Report."
The Authority has established a cleansing room at each of its two Municipal Clinics. Children
suffering from nitty or verminous conditions are given the opportunity of being cleansed at these
Clinics. The mothers are encouraged to attend with the children, so that they may see how the
cleansing should be carried out.
Baths are also given for scabies and other skin conditions as necessary.
Record of cases in which legal proceedings were taken.