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Children
Total number of inspections of children made in
the schools by the School Nurses 8,385
Number of individual children found to be unclean
at above 308
Number of ditto found to be unclean at School
Medical Inspections 22
Proportion of children found unclean at all inspections
3.94%
Number successfully cleansed by parent or
guardian without requiring exclusion for more
than 24 hours 288
Number excluded for longer than 24 hours 20
Number of cases in which legal proceedings were
taken
(a) Under the Education Act, 1944 Nil
(b) Under the School Attendance Byelaws Nil
Adults
Five Adults were referred to the Health Centre for treatment
during the year.
TUBERCULOSIS
The position in Richmond for the year 1946 may be summarised
as follows:—
NOTIFICATIONS:
Respiratory Tuberculosis
Fifty-eight cases of respiratory tuberculosis were
notified, viz., 32 males and 26 females. The corresponding
figure for 1945 was 62.
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis
Eleven new cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis were
notified during the year, and there were 3 deaths from this
cause. Eleven such cases had been notified during 1945.