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It will be noted that the low incidence in the number of
children suffering from uncleanliness is maintained, and great
credit is due to the School Nurses, whose untiring efforts have
been entirely responsible for ensuring this diminished incidence in
cases of uncleanliness, but there is no doubt that systematic and
practical instruction in hygiene by the teachers would tend to
eliminate completely such conditions.
In addition to the routine general cleanliness survey, some
hundreds of children have been examined by the School Nurses at
the request of the Authorities of the Children's Country Holiday
Fund and other voluntary organisations. The examinations have
been conducted just prior to the departure of the children for
summer holiday camps.
(b) Minor Ailments.
As has been the case in former years, few minor ailments
were discovered at routine medical inspection, owing to the
vigilance displayed by teachers and nurses, and to the growing
interest of parents in such matters. Such cases, frequentlyrecognised
in the early stages, have been immediately referred to
one of the School Clinics.

(c) Tonsils and Adenoids.
5.2 per cent. of the children examined during the year were
referred for treatment for "tonsils and adenoids," either separate
or combined, as compared with 4.8 per cent. in the year 1928.
Of these, much enlarged tonsils accounted for 1.5 per cent ;