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(j) Tuberculosis.—Children suffering from actual and suspected
tuberculosis are referred to the Tuberculosis Officer of the
Essex County Council, which Authority administers the Tuberculosis
Treatment Scheme in the Borough. The number of school
children examined during the year was: boys 79 and girls 66, of
which 18 boys and 11 girls were referred by the School Medical
Staff. 39 of the cases were sent by private practitioners and 77
were examined as contacts.
Reports were received in respect of each child seen, and recommendations
for treatment were carried out as far as possible and
included convalescent home treatment, and treatment for dental
defects and for tonsils and adenoids.

(k) Artificial Sunlight Treatment.—The arrangements with
the Connaught Hospital detailed in the 1936 report were continued.
Five children of school age were referred for treatment, four on
account of debility and one for cervical adenitis. A total of 117
treatments was given at a total cost of £11 14s. Od.
8. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Control is on the lines detailed in the Board's "Memorandum
of Closure of and Exclusion from School, 1930."
Notifications in the 5 to 15 years age group during 1937 were
as follows (1936 cases shown in parentheses):—-Scarlet Fever 116 (179),
Diphtheria 68 (69), Bacillary Dysentery 37 (2), Pneumonia 14 (37),
Erysipelas 6 (2), Anterior Poliomyelitis 6 (4), Enteric 3 (5).
Among the cases discovered by the medical staff, and included
above, were:—Bacillary Dysentery 22, Diphtheria 20, Scarlet
Fever 5.