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No children were cleansed under Sec. 122 of the Children
Act, but 241 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 of cases 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 1,802 cases of this condition were
recommended for operative treatment and 842 cases from among
the Specials. The percentage among the unselected "Routines"
amounts to 9.1.
(d) TUBERCULOSIS.
At the Routine Inspection 49 children were classed as
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, in 11 of which the signs were quite
definite; 73 cases were referred for observation. Among the
specials 27 were diagnosed as definite Pulmonary Tuberculosis,
whereas 24 cases came under suspicion. The total of nonpulmonary
cases was 45, of which 22 were referred for treatment.
(e) SKIN DISEASES.
Excluding ringworm of the head there were 259 skin diseases
among Routines requiring treatment, and among the Specials
4,007. 78 cases of Ringworm of the Head were found to require
treatment.
(f) EXTERNAL EYE DISEASES.
This type of disease is very prevalent among school children,
and to some extent indicates visual defects or some degree of
faulty personal hygiene in the home. There were 126 among the
Routines and 1,078 among the Specials requiring treatment, the
percentage in the former case being .63.
(g) VISION AND SQUINT.
At the Routine Inspections 1,198 children were referred for
defective vision to the Oculist and 289 for Squint. This gives 7.9
per cent. as the amount of Visual defect among unselected
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