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Debility and catarrh were two of the commonest conditions
for which the children were referred to the clinic. Nineteen cases
of anaemia and 17 cases of enlarged glands, usually of the neck,
were treated during the year, most of these, as is usual with such
cases, doing well.
(8) Infectious Diseases.
The methods employed in the detection, and preventing the
spread, of Infectious diseases are as follows:—
(1) Exclusion from school of all children found to be suffering
from any disease or complaint which is considered to be infectious
or contagious.
(2) Exclusion from school of all children who have been in
contact with infectious disease.
(3) There is complete co-ordination between the Health
Services and the School Attendance Department. Daily returns
of children out of school on medical grounds are brought to notice
by the School Attendance Officers and cases of Infectious Disease
are visited by Sanitary Inspectors.