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Notices were sent to parents, notifying them of defects
detected, as under:—
Dirty Heads 70
Dirty and verminous condition of head,
body, and clothes 13
Defective Vision 89
Defective Teeth 19
Ulcerated Gums, due to decayed teeth 1
Enlarged Tonsils 4
Adenoids 10
Chronic Nasal Catarrh 1
Eye Disease 1
Ear Disease 1
Incontinence of Urine 1
Being Overclothed 1
In a large number of cases the parents were present
at the examination, and promised to give attention to the
defects found, so that it was not necessary to send out
notices in these instances.
TEETH.
As will be seen, the highest percentage is for defective
teeth, and in the earlier part of the year I did not pay so
much attention to these, so that this percentage is below the
mark. At Uphall, one of the later schools examined, out
of 72 children inspected, not one paid any attention to preserving
the cleanliness of the teeth, 54 of the 72 had one or
more decayed, and some of the mouths were in a lamentable
state from the foul and septic condition. The question of
treatment of these teeth conditions constitutes one of the
most urgent matters requiring amendment. It is impossible