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Children.
Total number of inspections of children made in the
schools by the School Nurses 4,471
Number of individual children found to be unclean at
above 188
Number of ditto found to be unclean at School Medical
Inspections Nil
Proportion of children found unclean at all inspections 4.2%
Number successfully cleansed by parent or guardian with
out requiring exclusion for more than 24 hours 122
Number excluded for longer than 24 hours 12
Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken
(a) Under the Education Act, 1944 Nil
(b) Under the School Attendance Byelaws Nil
Adults.
No adults were referred to the Health Centre for treatment
during the year.
TUBERCULOSIS.
During the final quarter of the year 1945 the Public Health
Department complied a comprehensive Report upon the many-sided
problems of tuberculosis in Richmond, throughout England and Wales
and on the Continent. This Report was submitted to the Counicl in
the early spring of 1946.
The position in Richmond for the year 1945 may be summarised
as follows:—
NOTIFICATIONS:
Respiratory Tuberculosis.
Sixty-two cases of respiratory tuberculosis were notified, viz. 41
males and 21 females. The corresponding figure for 1944 was 57.
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis.
Eleven new cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis were notified
during the year, and there were 3 deaths from this cause. Eight such
cases had been notified during 1944.