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(g) Thyroid Enlargement.
Out of 278 girls of 12 years of age, 6 were discovered
exhibiting definite enlargement of the thyroid gland; but
no boys of the same age showed this defect out of 254
examined.
MEDICAL TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Ailments.
Under the Combined Nursing Scheme, it was possible
to undertake the treatment of minor ailments daily during
school terms, 1,888 attendances for treatment being registered
during the year.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.
Operative treatment for tonsils and adenoids has been
carried out in the cases of 56 children at the Kingston and
District, Kingston Victotia, and other hospitals.
(c) Skin Disease.
The treatment of impetigo, ringworm, and other skin
diseases has been undertaken at the Minor Ailments Clinic.
(d) Vision.
Cases of defective vision are referred by the School
Medical Officer to Dr. Winifred Warner, who has prescribed
spectacles for 91 children during the year.
(e) Ear Disease and Hearing.
Minor ear defects in the cases of 26 children have been
treated at the Clinic; other ear diseases and deafness were
referred to private practitioners and hospitals.
(f) Dental Defects.
Parents were urged to seek advice for children found
suffering from dental defects by the School Medical Officer,
and 70 received treatment from private dentists or at
hospitals.
Of the 240 Entrant infants found by the School Dentist
requiring treatment, 86 were rendered dentally fit by him
at the Clinic before the end of the year,