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199 cases were sent to the Inspection Clinic by the Divisional
Committees for a similar purpose. A definite opinion on special
forms regarding the latter was supplied to the Education Offices,
and further procedure of the Committees and Officers was based
on such opinions.
901 cases of throat affections were seen at the Inspection
Clinic.
These were in nearly every case sent by school teachers.
When deemed advisable, "swabs" were taken and cultures
made and examined.
90 examinations for suspected tubercular affections were
made.
These examinations in nearly every case consisted of physical
examinations of the chest.
Every case of phthisis pulmonalis which was discovered at
the routine and special examinations at the schools was definitely
diagnosed at the Inspection Clinic.
A large number of children with non-specific and indefinite
rashes were sent to the Clinic by teachers, who made it a rule to
have the Medical Officer's opinion on any skin eruption. Many
of these affections were seborrhœic, and their appearance had
rendered the teachers apprehensive of ringworm.
Cases of Contagious Impetigo were seen at the Clinic and a
considerable amount of attendance was saved by the prompt
isolation of such cases and the advice given to parents as to its
infectivity and treatment.
Under the treatment recommended lengthy exclusion is not
needed.