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The findings are incorporated in the main Statistical Tables
for Elementary Schools.
The pupils at the Municipal Secondary School are for the
most part scholarship children. The Juniors are examined soon
after entrance. The bursars and Pupil Teachers are examined
in the upper form at one of the three annual examinations.
The Plaistow Secondary School was opened this year,
pupils being submitted to Medical Inspection prior to entrance.
The results are already separately recorded in the Report under
Section 19.
Pathological Work.
Microscopical examination of sputum for the possible
presence of the Tubercle Bacillus is undertaken by the Tuberculosis
Officer for the School Medical Department.
Throat swabs are taken by the School Medical Staff and
sent to the Superintendent of the Plaistow Fever Hospital for
cultivation and report.
The microscopic diagnosis of ringworm is done at the
Town Hall by the School Medical Staff. During the year 60
hair speciments were examined, and of these 50 were positive,
i.e., contained living Ringworm spores.
Health Week.
The School Medical Service took its share in the Exhibits
and demonstrations during Health Week; large anatomical
models and specimens were shown and explained, and microscopic
slides demonstrating the more familiar afflictions of the
child population were exhibited. My thanks are due to the
staff who gave such whole-hearted co-operation.