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child as it appears to the medical examiner. When conditions
become stabilised in the future, we shall be better able to judge
whether tnere was an element of fallacy or freakishness to be
associated with the results of 1945. On the other hand, we should
not overlook the results of special investigations made during
1943 and 1944, which showed that nutritional standards had risen
amongst the children. The provision of school meals and milk
have played a large part in improving nutritional standards, but
there exists none the less the opinion that there are deficiencies
which are believed to be contributory causes of loss of resistance
to certain ailments.
Cleanliness.
Lack of cleanliness amongst the children was not a serious
problem in 1945, though quite a number of returning children
from evacuation areas needed our attention regarding verminous
heads.
The school nurses made 11,835 examinations of children for
verminous heads during 1945. The number found unclean was
184, an increase of 49 over the figure for 1944. Treatment for
skin troubles, mostly associated with uncleanly conditions, numbered
674 for the year.
SECTION B.—Treatment.

In addition to the 1,563 treatments, there were 344 referred
for treatment elsewhere than at the Authority's clinics.