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just been, or about to be, transferred from the infants to a
higher school), and a group who will be twelve years during the
year. There is also a fourth group of children of other ages who
have not been examined in one of the above groups.
550 Entrants, 612 Intermediates, 611 Third Age Group and
496 Others (2,269 in all) were examined during the year.
(b) Special Inspections.—These are special inspections
made by the School Medical Officer of children suffering' from
some special disease or disability, and are generally seen at the
Minor Ailment Clinic. The figure below does not include the
inspections of special groups of cases, such as cripples or children
suffering from mental deficiency or those attending clinics other
than the Minor Ailment Clinics, or school classes in which there
have been cases of certain infectious diseases.
1,298 Special Inspections were made during the year.
(c) Re- Inspections—2,144 in number. Details will be found
under heading " Following Up."
5.—FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
Table lc shows the number of individual children found at
Routine Inspections to require treatment (excluding uneleanliness
and Dental Diseases), viz., Entrants 73, Second Age Group
100, Third Age Group 53 and Others 55 ; Total, 281.
{a) Nutrition.—Table lib indicates the condition regarding
nutrition of the children examined at Routine Inspections. It
shows that those classified as "Bad" numbered 1.4 per cent.
Entrants; 4.7 per cent. Second Age Group; 2.9 per cent.
Third Age Group and 3.6 per cent. Others, or 3.2 per cent, of all
groups. 35.6 per cent, were found to be excellent, 45.2 per cent,
normal and 15.6 per cent, slightly subnormal.
In addition there were children referred for Special Inspection
by the Nurses or Head Teachers with the view to providing
them with free milk.
An examination of these tables from other districts of a
similar economic status to this Borough shows variations which