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following tables give a brief resume of the work involved in
carrying out this duty : —
Number Ova & Body Head & Body
Examiued. Ova. Pediculi. Pediculi. Pediculi. Sores. Dirty. Visited.
59,652 2,805 925 211 81 488 500 3,056
The percentages for head and body vermin are respectively
1.7% and .5%.
Number of Home Visits 2,457
Number of School Visits 8,885
Conditions remedied: —
Defective Clothing 158
Unclean Heads 1,482
Unclean Bodies 224
Scabies 3
Impetigo 100
Other Skin Diseases 155
No children were cleansed under Sec. 122 of the Children
Act during the year, but 219 dirty heads were cleansed by the
Nurses at the School Clinics.
(b) MINOR AILMENTS.
The conditions under this head comprise such minor affections
as Sores, various Skin Diseases, Sore Eyelids, Blepharitis,
Conjunctivitis, Wax in Ears, Discharging Ears, and the
slighter First Aid cases.
A certain number of these are discovered at School
Medical Inspection, but by far the larger number are sent
directly to the Clinics by the Head Teachers. Columns 2 and 4
of Table II. in the Appendix give the findings among the
Routines and Specials respectively.
(c) ENLARGED TONSILS AND ADENOIDS,
At Routine Inspection 1,224 cases of this condition were
recommended for operative treatment and 940 cases from
among the Specials. The percentage among the unselected
"Routines " amounts to 6.4%.