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* Every absentee is followed up by a special Nurse. Absence is often
due to the fact that the parent objects to any examination being made
in regard to mental defect.
(k) NUTRITION.
There are comparatively few badly nourished children in the
Borough. The free meals and the supply of the morning' drink
of milk at the schools is coping admirably with the question of
under-nourishment, and although quite common in the earliest
years of medical inspection, really bad cases are now practically
unknown.
Table II. shows 333 cases requiring treatment and 133 cases
under observation, giving a percentage of 2.3 for Routines.