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and were accordingly recommended for a course of malt and oil.
There were again no cases of infectious disease amongst the
absentees.
In September the attendance was much lower than at the
corresponding period in the previous year, due to a number of
children being away with their parents hopping, or in convalescent
homes. The general condition of those in attendance was
satisfactory. Some loss of weight was noted in certain instances,
which may be attributed to alteration in diet and especially rest
periods during the previous holiday. There was only one case
of infectious disease, viz. diphtheria, amongst the absentees.
In December the general health and condition of the children
continued to be good and their weight records satisfactory.
A noteworthy feature was the low percentage of defects. Amongst
the absentees there were two cases of chicken pox, two of
diphtheria, and two of mumps.
During the year 40 children received malt and oil, or cod
liver oil. These were cases of slightly subnormal nutrition,
debility, slight rickets and bronchial catarrh."
Miss Gubb in her report comments on the beneficial effect
of training in nose blowing on the mouths of the children.
Edith Kerrison Nursery School. Dr. Furniss reports as
follows on his work at the school during the year: —
"The Edith Kerrison Nursery School has now completed
its seventh year. During the year 1937 four quarterly medical
inspections were carried out. The following report relates to the
chief findings at these inspections: —
Examination. Boys. Girls. Total.
Parents
present.
Defects.
No. Percent.
March 61 52 113 93 21 18.5
June 65 49 114 89 18 15.7
September 57 43 100 80 16 16.0
December 59 51 110 90 16 14.5
The number in column 5 relates to individual children found
to be defective and not to the number of defects discovered. As
in previous years, extracts from the four quarterly reports will
give a good idea as to the condition of the children.