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The above percentages of parents attending were the
highest yet attained, and, I think, speak well for the still
growing popularity of School Medical Inspection.
In no instance did any parent object to Medical
Examination of a child.
FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
(a) Uncleanliness.
At Routine Medical Inspections 204 children were found
unclean, and the School Nurses at their cleanliness surveys
discovered 732 individual children requiring treatment for
uncleanliness.
It still remains a fact that many children return to school
after the holidays with unclean heads, so it is a routine
procedure for the School Nurses to visit all Schools within
the first fortnight of each term for the purpose of carrying
out cleanliness surveys.
Prosecutions were made in the cases of 16 children
under the School Attendance Bye-Laws, resulting in fines
varying from 2/6 to 15/-.
Details of the procedure adopted before the comparatively
few parents appear before the Justices were set out
in my Annual Report for 1923.
It must be remembered that no parent appears in
Court until three or four months have elapsed since the
child was found to have an unclean head, and during this
period every persuasion has been exercised by the Nurses,
School Medical Officer, and School Attendance Subcommittee
to induce the parent !o act and cleanse the child's
head without result.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.
There were 65 children suffering from enlarged tonsils
and adenoids referred for treatment during the year.