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upon special cases, and a routine examination of every child has
been carried out at the end of each six months. One of the School
Nurses attends monthly to take the heights, and weights of each
child. These are entered on special cards, as is also the Medical
Officer's findings, and recommendations.
In addition to this, the School Dentist has carried four complete
inspections of the children's teeth. The following table shows
briefly the dental work carried out:—
Number of children examined by the School Dentist 115
„ „ re-examined 87
„ „ referred for treatment 80
„ „ treated by School Dentist 80
„ „ re-treated 17
Every child in the School whose teeth required treatment has
now received it.
As a result of the Medical Officer's periodic examinations, a
number of the children have been recommended certain treatment
as follows:—
Administration of Milk in School 48
„ „ Cod-liver Oil Emulsion 41
To see Oculist 8
Treatment at Clinic for External Eye Disease 2
Operative Treatment for Tonsils and Adenoids 3
To see Orthopaedic Surgeon re Remedial Exercises, etc 17
Recommendations have also been made to the Head Teacher
as to the amount of exercise individual children should undergo,
and also as to the taking of shower-baths.
A digest of the weight-graphs shows that 93 per cent, of the
children show an appreciable increase in weight since their
admission to the school.
A number of children will shortly become due for discharge
to ordinary schools.