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Treatment for Uncleanliness.—2 statutory notices were served under
the Education Act, 1921, Section 87.
The Sohool Nurses paid 138 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 Number Per
of Children. Infected. cent.
29,700 *730 2.4
*36 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 inoluded
in these figures.
The percentages for the past 5 years were as follows:—
1940 1.8
1941 2.8
1942 2.6
1943 2.5
1944 2.4
Other Ailments.—During 1944, 28 children were operated on for
the removal of enlarged tonsils and adenoids, under the agreement with
Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, as in-patients. 9 children were treated
free on necessitous grounds.
Under the agreement with the King George Hospital, 78 children were
operated on at that Hospital, all as in-patients, for the removal of enlarged
tonsils and adenoids, 18 children being treated free on necessitous grounds.
In addition to the treatment of tonsils and adenoids, 20 letters were given
to Ilford school children, for whom hospital treatment wai required, to attend
Queen Mary's Hospital.
Open Air School.—There were 115 children on the Open Air School roll
on the 31st December, 1943. During the year 20 children were admitted,
56 ceased attendance, and 79 were on the school roll on the 31st December,
1944. The school was severely damaged by a flying bomb on 15th August,
and the children in attendance were dispersed to ordinary elementary schools
whilst repairs were carried out. It was re-opened with accommodation for
85 children on the 2nd January, 1945.
Those admitted were recommended for examination from the following
sources:—
School Medical Officer 14
Head Teachers 2
Others 4
School Medical Officer :—
Subnormal Nutrition and Debility 1
Asthma 3
Asthma and Bronchitis 1
Asthma, Subnormal Nutrition and Bronchitis 1
Bronchial Catarrh and Asthma 1
Chronic Bronchitis and Bronchial Asthma 1
Debility and Anaemia 1
Debility and T.B. Lumbar Spine 1
Nervous Debility 1
Diabetes Mellitis . 1
Scoliosis 1
Rheumatic Heart 1