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(b)Uncleanliness. Since 1933 a record of every unclean
child found by the nurses in their inspections has been kept,
no matter how slight or trivial the degree of uncleanliness.
At present, the standard in Wimbledon is undoubtedly high.
At the routine medical inspections only three children, or
0.16% of those examined were found to be unclean and
excluded from school. During 1936, one child, or 0.05% of
those examined as routines required to be excluded from school
on account of uncleanliness.
The School Nurse-Health Visitors continued to carry out
the systematic inspection of all the scholars in their schools
three times a year, i.e., after the Christmas, Easter, and MidSummer
holidays. This inspection reveals not only unclean
children, but also children suffering from defective vision,
minor ailments, anaemia, malnutrition, etc. These latter
children are referred either to their own doctors or to the
Health Centre where they are seen by one of the School
Medical Staff.
The number of examinations of children carried out in
the schools by the School Nurses amounted to 13,200. On
an average, the nurses paid seven visits to each school.
The total number of individual unclean children found
by the nurses during their systematic inspections of the
schools during .1937 amounted to three hundred and sixty-one.
During 1936 the number was four hundred and sixteen.