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are probably accounted for by the fact that different Medical
Officers use different standards for judging the degree of
nutrition.
(b) Uncleanliness.—56 cases were seen at Routine Inspections
and 2 at Special Inspections.
None of the Routine cases were severe, as such children are
detected by the School Nurses at Personal Hygiene Inspections
and excluded from school. Those cases seen at Special Inspections
were all of a serious degree and had been referred to the
Clinic by the Nurses. They were all dealt with satisfactorily
without the necessity of taking legal proceedings.
During the year the Nurses made 263 visits to the schools
for personal hygiene inspections, an average of 14 visits per
school. They made 29,142 examinations, viz., 27,218 inspections
and 1,924 re-inspections. Defects were found in 2,033
instances and the number of individual children found to be
unclean was 371 as against 372, 399 and 433 in 1935, 1934 and
1933 respectively.
The distribution of these defective children was as follows :
Brentford Area :—
Lionel Road 39, St. John's 26, St. George's 21, St. Paul's
11, Ealing Road Juniors' 13, Ealing Road Infants' 9, Boat
Children 15, Senior Girls' 6, Senior Boys' 1, and Clifden
Road Infants' 2.
Chiswick A rea :—
Hogarth Schools :—Infants 41, Junior Girls 37, Senior
Girls 16, Junior Boys 26.
Belmont Schools :—Infants 14, Senior Mixed 9, Junior
Mixed 7.
Strand Schools :—Infants 14, Junior Mixed 17, Senior
Mixed 14.
Beverley Infants 26 and Central Girls 7.