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Full details of the dental work are shown in Table IV.
Treatment for Uncleanliness.—29 statutory notices were served under
the Education Act, 1921, Section 87.
The School Nurses paid 143 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.
35,679
Number
Infected.
*881
Per
cent.
2.5
*31 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.

These figures do not include the Gibraltarians housed at the Girls'
Village Homes, Barkingside, 438 were inspected in 1943, of whom 79 were
found unclean.
Other Ailments.—During 1943, 59 children were operated on for
the removal of enlarged tonsils and adenoids, under the agreement with
Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, as in-patients. 11 children were treated
free on necessitous grounds.
Under the agreement with the King George Hospital, 122 children were
operated on at that Hospital, all as in-patients, for the removal of enlarged
tonsils and adenoids, 19 children being treated free on necessitous grounds.
In addition to the treatment of tonsils and adenoids, 18 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 September, 1942. Since this date 155 children were
admitted, 40 ceased attendance, and 115 were on the school roll on the
31st December. 1943.
Those admitted were recommended for examination from the following
sources:—
School Medical Officer 64
Head Teachers 70
Orthopaedic Surgeon 5
Others 16