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(23) Examination of Referred Pupils from Continuation Schools
and Juvenile Unemployment Centres.
(24) Work in conjunction with N.S.P.C.C., as occasion arises.
(5) The Findings of Medical Inspection.
(a) UNCLEANLINESS.
To each of the five areas into which the Borough has been
divided lor the purpose of administration as before mentioned, is
attached a Special Duty Nurse, who concentrates on cleanliness
surveys in each school, in rota. The dirty and verminous children
are followed up at their homes until clean. A certain number,
with the parents' consent, are cleansed at the Clinics.

The percentages tor head and body vermin are respectively
.9 per cent. and .2 per cent.—a distinct improvement on the previous
year.
Number of Home Visits 782
Number of Children visited at School 3975
Conditions remedied during the year under Cleanliness
scheme:—
Defective Clothing 46
Unclean Heads 707
Unclean Bodies 76
Skin Diseases 45
No children were cleansed under Section 122 of the Children
Act, but 134 heads were cleansed at the School Clinics by the
Nurses.
(b) MINOR AILMENTS
Various minor affections common in school children are included
under this heading, such as Impetigo, various Skin
Diseases, Sore Eyes, Discharging Ears, and minor first aid cases.
A tew of these are discovered at School Medical Inspection, but by
far the greater number are brought forward by the teachers and\
sent to the Minor Ailments Clinic.
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 1,060 eases were referred for operative
treatment, and 589 among the Specials.
157