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CHILDREN EXAMINED AT THE OFFICE.
In addition to the Inspection at the schools, any parent,
teacher, or Attendance Officer can send a child to my
office any morning between 9 and 10 o'clock. The child is
then seen and a certificate given as to the length of time of
exclusion from school, or returning, as the case may be.
During 1912, 2,945 certificates were issued, and the
causes of exclusion may be roughly classified as under :—
Diseases of Ear 23
,, ,, Eye 47
,, ,, Nose 1
,, ,, Skin 267
Dirty Heads 40
Dirty condition of Clothing and Person 32
Infectious Diseases 74
Ringworm 22
Swollen Glands 105
Sore Throats 368
Tubercular Diseases 18
Enlarged Tonsils 3
Heart Affection 1
All other Diseases 397
Total 1,398
Certificates of fitness to attend school were given in
1,547 instances.
The number of certificates granted in previous years
have been as follows:—
In 1911 4,520
In 1910 2,876
In 1909 1,813
In 1908 1,882
In 1907 2,070
In 1906 1,665
In 1905 1,493
In 1904 1,518