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ailments and to those conditions which can only be
provided by specialist officers, such as, orthopaedic, eye,
ear, nose and throat, and dental clinics.
In medical inspection of school children to-day it is
apparent that there is an increase in the anxiety neuroses,
brought about by the mental strain of present day life
of a child both at home and at school. To combat this,
and to fit the child for an adult life under probably greater
strain, we must continue to do all in our power to provide
for the physical and mental health of the child at school
and to educate the parents in the application of common
sense psychology.
The report follows the usual lines, containing in the
appendix the statistical records of the year's work.
Summary of Statistics, 1936.
School Roll 5,701
Number of individual children who
attended medical clinics 2,245
Number of individual children medically
examined at schools .1,571
Number of medical examinations at the
Clinics 6,579
Number of attendances for treatment at
the Clinics 6,549
Number of attendances for treatments at
the Dental Clinics. 4,152
Number of treatments at the Eye Clinic 543
Number of operations for Tonsils and
Adenoids 143
Total number of attendances at the
Orthopaedic Clinic—
(i) For Consultations 562
(ii) For Treatments, massage, etc 2,424
Total number of attendances at the Ultra
Violet Ray Clinic 1,825
Number of children referred to the Care
Committee 142