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(c) Other Conditions.
As in the past, the Authority has accepted responsibility for
the provision and maintenance of surgical appliances prescribed
by hospitals and in particular cases has also financed in-patient
treatment. In approved cases travelling expenses are paid in
respect of children attending hospitals outside the district.
CONVALESCENT HOME TREATMENT.
Children recovering from severe operation or illness and others
not considered to be handicapped pupils within the meaning of
the Regulations, and in need of convalescence, are recommended for
short periods of treatment arranged through the Invalid Children's
Aid Association.
Such treatment has been prescribed in the following 235
cases:—
Non-tuberculous chest conditions 67
Debility following illness or operation 105
General debility and anaemia 40
Cervical adenitis 15
Rheumatism and Chorea 5
Other conditions 3
GENERAL CLEANLINESS.
Routine visits have been paid to all schools by the school
nurses for examination of the persons and clothing of the pupils.
Willing co-operation of the parents in the treatment of children
found to be verminous has obviated the necessity for formal
proceedings.
On the whole, a high standard of personal hygiene has been
noted in the schools.
Number of visits paid to schools 281
Number of examinations 48,514
Number of pupils found unclean 676
Number of cleansing notices (Section 54 (2) ) 87
Number of cleansing orders (Section 54 (3) ) —
Facilities for treatment of verminous conditions are available
at the Cleansing Baths Centre and a routine procedure and
investigation of the family as a whole is in operation.