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(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.
The numbers examined were as follows:—
The Crove. Boys Girls
Entrants 34 36
Leavers 22 32
The Russell.
Entrants 70 33
Leavers 62 38
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 forms at one of the three annual examinations.
The whole of the scholars of the Plaistow Secondary School
were examined during the year, including the pupils from the
previous year, viz.: 85 boys and 59 girls. The results have
already appeared separately under Section 19 of the Report.
Pathological Work.
Microscopical examination of sputum for the possible
presence of the tubercle bacillus is undertaken for the School
Medical Department by the Tuberculosis Officer.
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 51 hair
specimens were examined, and of these 45 were positive, i.e.,
contained living Ringworm spores.
Health Week.
The School Medical staff gave their services during Health
Week, when anatomical models, specimens, and orthopaedic
instruments were explained to the public, and demonstrations
given relating to matters concerning the health of the school
child. (See page 36.)
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