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SUMMARY OF THE YEAR'S WORK, 1931.
No. of Children on the Rolls of Elementary
Schools 5,114
Average Attendance, 1931 4,508
No. of Inspections by School Medical Officers 6,772
„ ,, Routine 1,416
„ ,, Special and Clinic Inspections,
etc. 5,356
„ ,, School Dental Surgeon 4,743
(i) Found to require treatment
2,837
(ii) Actually treated 2,386
„ ,, by School Nurses 12,969
(i) Individual children
found unclean 478
,, ,, by Orthopaedic Surgeon 215
No. of Children operated on for Tonsils and
Adenoids 177
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Introduction.
Except for change in the personnel, caused by the
retirement of Dr. M. Reekie, on marriage, and the
appointment of Dr. G. H. Stinson, Assistant Medical
Officer of Health and School Medical Officer, and the
holding of Tonsil and Adenoid Clinics weekly instead of
fortnightly, the organisation of the services continued
throughout the year without change. It thus follows
that the report of 1931 must be almost a repetition of
the report of 1930, except for alterations in statistics.
It is here opportune to submit a general summary of
the* figures referring later in the report to the statistics
applicable to each service provided by the Education
Authority. This summary will in itself give an outline
of the extent of the work of the School Medical Service
during the year, it being always remembered that the
School Medical Service forms only a part of the Health
Services of the Borough. Nevertheless it is a part that
is year by year increasing not only because of the
increase of population, but also because the public is
making greater use of these services. It has been stated
that this increased use has resulted because parents find
the School Medical Service a cheap means of obtaining