View report page

The following were the conditions found :—
Skin diseases 4
Convergent Strabismus 2
Defective Hearing 2
Other conditions (Nose
and Throat) 4
Valvular Disease of Heart 1
T.B. Lungs (suspected) 1
Deformities 2
Defective Vision (chiefly
Myopia) 37
Chronic Otitis Media 1
Enlarged Tonsils 17
Oral Sepsis 14
Bronchitis 1
Other Diseases (not T.B.) 1
Other Defects and
Diseases 4
Total 91
Following up takes place by the Nurses, Home and School
Visits, and re-inspection carried out by the Doctor.
Instruction in personal hygiene and temperance, physical and
breathing exercises are carried out in accordance with the HandBook
of Suggestions on Health Education (1928).
Medical inspection of the majority of all pupils in Secondary
Schools is now a statutory obligation.
Physical Drill for Boys is conducted by Sergeant Pritchard,
and for Girls by Miss Newmarch, who give special attention to
minor spinal and postural deformities. On the whole, the teeth
of the pupils are satisfactory, and show evidence of attention.
Dr. Burness, the Principal, renders all possible help in seeking
the physical welfare of all the students.
PLAISTOW SECONDARY SCHOOL.
This school is now in its fifth year. All the scholars are
examined annually.