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(d) Skin Disease.
Impetigo and ringworm of the body and scalp are the
skin diseases chiefly met with among the children.
Exclusions from School for impetigo and ringworm of
the body are usually short, but in ringworm of the scalp
the period of exclusion is three or four months as a rule.
There were only 19 cases of ringworm of the scalp
referred for treatment during the year.
(e) Vision.
During the year 83 children were found requiring
treatment for defective vision.
(f) Dental Defects.
At his inspection the School Dentist found 1,377 children
needing treatment.
MEDICAL TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Ailments.
The treatment of Minor Ailments was undertaken daily
at the Clinic during School Terms, 6,999 attendances being
registered during the year.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.
The Scheme for the operative treatment of tonsils and
adenoids at the Kingston Victoria Hospital has worked
satisfactorily.
Thirty-five cases were treated under this Scheme during
the year.
(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 98 children during the year.
(e) Ear Disease and Hearing.
Minor ear defects in the cases of 14 children have been
treated at the Clinic; other ear diseases and deafness were
referred to private practitioners and hospitals.