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men:. Where, through absence,from medical inspection, up-to-date
medical records do not exist, the cases are summoned to the Inspection
Clinics and the necessary data obtained.
Occasionally special cases are referred to the Medical Officers
for advice as to physical fitness and suitable employment.
22. SPECIAL ENQUIRIES.
See Tables in the Appendix giving an analysis of the results
of vision testing at routine medical inspection.
23 MISCELLANEOUS.
Thirty-two teachers were medically examined and 2 were reexamined
during the year in connection with their appointments on
the teaching staff of the Authority.
Eighty-three candidates for scholarships at the Spring Grove
Central School were also examined.
Under an arrangement with the Middlesex County Council and
the Central Association for Mental Welfare we have undertaken
the annual medical inspection of children attending the Hounslow
Occupation Centre.
Eleven children were examined during 1930, and of these 7
were found to require treatment—4 being referred for treatment
on account of dental caries and enlarged tonsils and adenoids,
and 3 for dental caries only.
TREATMENT OF UN CLEAN LI NESS.
The Cleanliness Survey is a most important factor in maintaining
cleanliness amongst school children, and although it was
not found possible during the year to attain the standard of one
cleanliness survey per term at each school, it was possible to
examine 4211 children, compared with 782 in 1929.
Number of visits to schools by Nurses 30
Total number of children examined 4211
,, ,, ,, ,, given warning notices 288
,, ,, ,, excluded as verminous 9
Found to have nits—
1. (Few) 228
2. (Bad) 44
3. (Very Bad) 16