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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)
444
415
859
174
1,033
Group IV.—Dental Defects.
Vide 11th 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 14.6
(ii.) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by School Nurses 45,468
(iii.) Number of individual children found unclean 1,602
(iv.) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education
Authority 264
(v.) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:—
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 5
(b) Under the School Attendance Bye-Laws 0
(vi.) No. of school sessions at which inspections were conducted 511
(vii.) (i.) Original Inspections:—
Children examined (i.e., Cases not individual children) 40,467
Found unclean 2,266
Percentage found unclean 5.6
Excluded on account of uncleanliness 31
(ii.) Re-inspections:—
Children examined (i.e., Cases not individual children) 5,001
Found unclean 3,146
Percentage found unclean 62-9
Excluded on account of uncleanliness 3
(iii.) Total:—
Examinations 45,468
Exclusions on account of uncleanliness 34
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 Centres. Children
suffering from nitty or verminous conditions are given the opportunity of being cleansed at these
Centres. 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.