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91
Group III.— Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
Total number
treated.
Received Operative Treatment :—
(a) For Adenoids and Chronic Tonsillitis
446
(b) For other nose and throat conditions
42
Received other forms of treatment
156
Total
644
Group IV.— Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
(a) Number treated as in-patients in Hospitals
or Hospital Schools 8
(b) Number treated otherwise, e.g. in Clinics
or out-patients department 1,075
Group V.— Child Guidance Treatment and Speech Therapy.
Number of pupils treated :—
(a) Under Child Guidance arrangements 23
(b) Under Speech Therapy arrangement 111
TABLE IV.
Dental Inspection and Treatment.
(1) Number of pupils inspected by the Dental Officers :—
(a) Routine Age Groups :—
Age
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Total.
Inspected
at Schools
1,156
1,150
898
883
924
879
759
777
803
823
270
33
11
2
9,368
Specials
330
311
275
226
222
194
159
107
100
95
80
-
-
-
2,099
(b) Specials 2,099
(c) Total (Routine and Specials) 11,467
(2) Number found to require treatment 7,887
(3) Number actually treated 5,360
(4) Attendances made by children for treatment 12,793
(5) Half-days devoted to Inspection 71 Total 1,186
Treatment 1,115
(6) Fillings Permanent Teeth 4,755 Total 7,372
Temporary Teeth 2,617
(7) Extractions Permanent Teeth 1,184 Total 8,534
Temporary Teeth 7,350
(8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions 2,915
(9) Other operations Permanent Teeth 8,229 Total 10,348
Temporary Teeth 2,119
TABLE V.
Infestation with Vermin.
(i) Total number of examinations in the Schools by the
School Nurses
49.020
(ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested
670
(iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing
notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act,
1944)
-
(iv) Number of individual pupils in respect of which cleansing
orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act,
1944)
-
These figures relate to individual pupils and not to instances of infestation.