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FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
(a) Malnutrition.
There are sixteen delicate children who show varying
degrees of undernourishment attending the Open Air Day
School, where they receive a good hot mid-day meal and
milk in the morning and afternoon.
In addition twenty-six undernourished children who
attend ordinary Elementary Schools were recommended by
the School Medical Officer for milk at School.
Milk has been provided for these children, the cost
in certain instances being met by the parents, while for
five children at the Open Air Day School and nineteen
attending ordinary Elementary Schools the milk has been
supplied free, the cost being met from voluntary sources.
(b) Uncleanliness.
In my Annual Report for 1932 I set out in detail the
action adopted in cases of uncleanliness where legal
proceedings were likely.
The same course was pursued this year, and three
prosecutions were made resulting in fines being imposed in
all cases.
The School Nurses have been most conscientious in this
section of their work, all children in the Schools having been
inspected within a fortnight after each holiday period, and
afterwards at regular intervals.
The great majority of parents have kept their girls'
hair short during school life as advised.
(c) Minor ailments and diseases of the skin.
The number of minor ailments has remained fairly
constant in recent years.
There was only one case of ringworm of the scalp.