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School Dentists.—Of 15,172 inspections by the Dentist (including
special cases), 9,223 (or 61 per cent.), were found to require treatment,
compared with 8,289 (or 65 per cent.) in 1941, 5,583 (or 56 per cent.) in
1940, 10,491 (or 58 per cent.) in 1939, 14,597 (or 64 per cent.) in 1938.
In addition to the ordinary dental work of fillings and extractions, a
considerable amount of "regulation" work has been done. 78 regulation
plates, and 3 dentures were supplied. 1,112 visits were made by children
to the Dental Clinic for regulation purposes.

Full details of the dental work are shown in Table IV.
Treatment for Uncleanliness.—26 statutory notices were served under
the Education Act, 1921, Section 87.
The School Nurses paid 131 visits to the schools (an average of 5 visits
to each school during the year), for the purpose of inspecting the heads and
clothing of the children, with the following result:—
Number of
Examinations of Children Number
Infected. Per cent.
34,101 *888 2.6
*63 of this number were found to be infected with living vermin; the
remainder with nits only. A child with any nits in the hair at all is included
in these figures.
The percentage for the past 5 years were as follows:—
1938 1.5
1939 1.5
1940 1.8
1941 2.8
1942 2.6
These figures do not include the Gilbraltarians housed at the Girls'
Village Homes, Barkingside, 475 were inspected in 1942, of whom 95 were
found unclean.
Other Ailments.—During 1942, 67 children were operated on for
the removal of enlarged tonsils and adenoids, under the agreement with
Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, 66 as in-patients. 11 children were
treated free on necessitous grounds.
Under the agreement with the King George Hospital, 75 children were
operated on at that Hospital, all as in-patients, for the removal of enlarged
tonsils and adenoids, 5 children being treated free on necessitous grounds.
In addition to the treatment of tonsils and adenoids, 17 letters were given
to Ilford school children, for whom hospital treatment was required, to attend
Queen Mary's Hospital.
The Open-Air School, which was closed at the outbreak of war, was
re-opened on the 7th December, 1942. On the 31st December, 108 children
were on the School roll.