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For the most part the children are from among the
healthiest, and parents remark on the benefit in the way of
increased appetite which this open air early duty brings
with it.
The following defects were discovered among these boys
and referred for treatment.
Unclean Head 1
Impetigo 1
Other Skin Disease 1
Defective Vision 1
Enlarged Tonsils 3
Adenoids 1
Catarrh 1
Teeth 1
Rupture 1
Employment of Children in Entertainment Rules, under
Sec. 101 of Education Act, 1921.
Under the above Rules, 16 examinations were made, referring
to ten girls and one boy. All but one girl were
licensed as physically fit, the condition of their employment
proving suitable. The girl who was refused a license was
physically too delicate and required special attention for vision.
(22) Special inquiries.
There have been no special inquiries during the year, the
time of the School Medical Staff being fully occupied with
essential duties.
The Medical Research Committee mentioned in my Report
last year dealt on the School side with the following
subjects:—Prevention and Treatment of Measles, Summer
Diarrhoea, Present incidence of Scarlet Fever.
(23) Miscellaneous.
Scholarship Children.
All the pupils at the two Higher Elementary Schools, i.e.,
The Grove and The Russell, are scholarship children from the
Elementary Schools.
These schools have two visits a year, when entrants and
leavers are examined.