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Apart from these routine inspections, 2,819 children were
specially inspected at the Health Centre, and 7,186 re-inspected.
The total number of children examined during the year as
routine or non-routine cases was 4,710.
The number of children examined at the routine inspection
in the schools shows a decrease of 49 below the figure for the
previous year. In the same way, the number of special inspections
and re-inspections at the Health Centre is 191 less than
during the year 1929.
(b) The Board's Schedule of Medical Inspection has been
adhered to in every respect.
(c) Medical inspection causes a certain amount of disturbance,
especially in the older type of schools. In 9 departments
the inspection is carried out in the Head Teachers' rooms. In
the older schools a classroom is utilised for this purpose. Owing
to the fact that no classroom was available at Havdons Road
Girls' School, nor at Haydons Road Infants' School, the medical
inspection of these scholars was carried out at the Church Institute
which is situated quite near. The accommodation here for
the purposes of medical inspection is quite suitable. The same
difficulty has arisen in connection with St. Mary's Junior and
Senior Mixed School at Russell Road. As this school is situated
quite near the Pelham Road Health Centre, the medical inspection
of these scholars was carried out at the School Clinic.
5. FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION.
In Table 11a (which is appended) is given a list of all defects
found during medical inspection, whether routine or non-routine.
Table 11b gives the number of individual children found at the
routine medical inspection to require treatment, excluding
uncleanliness, and dental diseases.
1,891 children were examined at the routine medical
inspection. 428 or 22.6% were found to be suffering from
defects (excluding uncleanliness and dental diseases) requiring
treatment. The percentage of defects was found to be slightly
higher amongst the " entrants " and " intermediates " than
amongst the "leavers." During 1929 the percentage of children
with defects found at the routine medical inspections throughout
the country was 20.8%.
(a) Uncleanliness. 9 or 0.5% of the children examined at
the routine medical inspection were found to be unclean and
excluded from school. In addition 53 were found to require
further observation in school on account of this condition, and
were kept under supervision.
This shews a considerable improvement over the previous
year when 32 or 1.6% of the children examined at the routine
medical inspection required exclusion from school on account
of uncleanliness.
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