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examination in its year of entry is now classed as an "Entrant"; further examinations in
the same year being classed as "Re-Inspections". The following particulars relate to the
examination of nursery school children:-
Number examined. Individual Children found defective. Percentage Defective.
(treatment and observation)
585 132 22.6
Using the Ministry of Education classification of general condition, the figures
for the four nursery schools are as follows:-
Number examined Good Percentage Fair Percentage Poor Percentage
585 261 44.6 294 50.3 30 5.1
Under the new classification mentioned the following figures relate to re-inspections
carried out since October lst:-
Number of Number found
Re-Inspections. to have defects.
156 44
Children attend these nursery schools between the ages of two and five years, and
nursery classes between the ages of three and five years, a period during which defects
commonly make their appearance, and when, consequently, most can be done to prevent them.
The reason that medical inspections are carried out much more frequently than at other
schools is to protect the normal child, strengthen the weakly susceptible child, and free
the "defective" child from physical defects which would retard his development and cause a
break in his educational life at a later stage. The school nurse also visits the schools
frequently, her inspection being designed to note cleanliness, minor ailments and the
presence of infectious disease. The defects which are most frequently found at these
medical inspections are bronchitis and catarrhal conditions of the upper respiratory
passages, and enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
In addition to the four nursery schools, there are five nursery classes held at the
following Schools - Carpenters, Gainsborough, New City, Grove County Primary (Salway Place)
and Tollgate. Every endeavour is made to carry out medical inspections on the same basis
as at the nursery schools. The following figures relate to medical inspections at these
classes:-
Number examined. Individual children found defective. Percentage Defective.
(treatment and observation)
261 102 39.0
General Condition:
Number examined Good Percentage Fair Percentage Poor Percentage
261 96 36.8 143 54.8 22 8.4
Re-Inspections as from October 1st:
Number of Number found
Re-Inspections to have defects.
49 27
All these figures relating to medical examinations and re-inspections are included
in the general statistical tables in Appendix 4.
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