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at half-price by the Milk Marketing Board. The proportion of
elementary school children in Wood Green availing themselves of
this provision is well over fifty per cent., and in addition a considerable
number of children are provided with a free supply throughout
the year on medical grounds. Apart from the direct and
immediate beneficial result of this daily supply of milk, it would
seem reasonable to expect that the children are learning the habit
of milk drinking, a habit which ought to be of great value to them
in later life.
(b) Cleanliness.
The standard of cleanliness among the children remains high,
and reflects credit on the vast majority of parents. The occasional
verminous child is, however, still found, but not so frequently as
in former years. The number of individual inspections of children
for cleanliness made by the School Nurses during the year was over
42,000, and the number of children excluded on account of verminous
conditions was 157.
(c) Minor Ailments and Diseases of the Skin.
One hundred and seven children were referred for treatment on
account of minor ailments, these including various skin conditions,
minor injuries and external diseases of the ears and eyes. Some of
these children were treated privately or at hospital, but the great
majority received treatment at the School Clinic.
(d) Visual Defects and External Eye Diseases.
Fifty-eight children were recommended for treatment on account
of defective vision or squint, while 246 children suffering from
minor defects of vision were kept under observation. Nineteen
children were found to require treatment for external diseases of
the eye, and twenty were kept under observation.
(e) Nose and Throat Defects.
Twenty-eight children were recommended to have operative
treatment for enlarged tonsils and adenoids, and 231 were referred
for observation. A further thirty-nine children had other conditions
of the throat or nose calling for treatment, and two others
were referred for observation.
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