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(a) GROUP V.—UNCtEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITION.
1. Average number of visits per school made during the year by the
School Nurses 12
2. Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by
School Nurses 35,299
3. Number of individual children found unclean 216
4. Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the
Local Education Authority †622
5. Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken: —
a. Under the Education Act, 1921 —
b. Under School Attendance Bye-laws -
† Includes 406 skin cases.
Nine children only out of over 1,954 examinations made
by the Medical Officers were noted as verminous (.4%).
(b) Minor Ailments:—1,562 children attended for treatment
and made 5379 attendances. 52% of these were classed
as "miscellaneous" (40% septic sores, 30% minor injuries,
and 30% suspected infections), 32% were suffering from
various skin diseases, 8% were external eye cases and 8%
ear cases.
(c) Tonsil and Adenoid Cases:—At the end of 1926, 25
children were awaiting treatment and these with other 76
children were operated on at local hospitals during the year.
All these cases are kept under observation for some months
after treatment.
(d) Tuberculosis Cases:—A register of all known cases is
carefully kept, and at the end of each year a copy of the
register is sent to the Tuberculosis Officer for checking.
Several cases were cured, others had removed out of the
district, and at the end of 1927, the numbers were as follows:
Active. Arrested.
Lungs 0 3
Bones and Joints 7 4
Glands 5 10
Total 12 17
These cases are kept under close observation and all
"infective" cases are excluded from schools or sent to special
institutions.
(e) Skin Diseases:—These cases were practically all
treated at the Clinic and bathing of the children is carried out
when necessary by the Special Attendant. Only the most
obstinate cases of ringworm of the scalp, receive treatment
by X-rays.
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