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(7) Tuberculosis.
Eleven children of school age have been notified to be suffering from
tuberculosis during the year, 4 boys and 5 girls with pulmonary tuberculosis,
and 2 boys with abdominal tuberculosis.
There is complete reciprocity between the School Medical Service and that
carried out at the local Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Turning to Table III, it will be seen that there were 14 children, 6 boys
and 8 girls at Sanatoria at the end of the year.
Thanks also is due to Dr. Evans, who is in charge of the Dispensary, for
his assistance in preparing the figures relating to tuberculous children as given
in that Table.
(8) Otheb Diseases and Defects.
The majority of these are complaints which should be treated at home by
the patient's own doctor, and during recent months more particularly, no
attempt has been made to treat such cases at the school Clinics. If the parent
does not attend with the child, a typewritten note is sent home to the effect
that the parent must obtain treatment from their own doctor.
(9) Dental Defects.
Mr. Ardouin, the Senior Dentist, has submitted the following report,
regarding the work of the Dental Clinic:—
"The number of children seen as a result of routine inspection shows but
a slight increase over that of the previous year, yet this is only some 500 or
600 short of the full total eligible for routine inspection, roughly two-thirds
of the number on the school books; the remaining third represent those who
have repeatedly refused treatment and are therefore only seen as specials.
The change-over of children from one school to another is responsible for
a number being missed and our inspection of Eldon Infants had to be postponed
owing to the presence of decorators in the school.
The number of children found to require treatment at routine inspection
shows a welcome drop from 81.7 per cent, to 75.6 per cent, compared with
last year. It would need a much closer contact with the parent to improve