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School Notes.
The diseases treated were ringworm, deafness, external eye diseases
and other skin diseases.
First Term 37 cases with 136 attendances.
Second Term 48 cases with 260 attendances.
Third Term 38 cases with 199 attendances.
Total 123 cases with 595 attendances.
Clinics are also held periodically for treatment of vision and
teeth.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
The routine inspection of the three age groups has gone on
without interruption right through the war The re-examination of
those children found defective has not been so fully conducted
having consideration for the understaffed and overworked teachers
This is to a large extent the work of the care committees, and
thanks to their energies a large number of children have been
treated for general ailments, defects of teeth and vision, enlarged
tonsils, adenoids, etc.I do not agree with those who maintain that
the nutrition of school children has not suffered during the war.
In this district I think it has been slightly lowered. In the
provinces it may be different, but I believe that the huge
floating population of London has deprived the suburbs of foodstuffs.
Eggs, milk and fruit have been scarce and very dear, the
coarse bread is only nourishing when properly digested, and has
been, in cases of weak digestion, unsuitable. Then again the
nervous tension of the parents has been reflected upon the children
in some cases.
With regard to dental caries, there is ample work in this
district for a whole time dentist. The dental treatment of certain
age groups only, takes too long to cover the ground and many
children leave school without an opportunity of getting treatment.
With regard to the commoner ailments of children, I should like to
see cards issued containing a brief description of the disease, the
danger of neglect, and hints on simple treatment. Such cards
mean much more than the note usually given to obtain treatment.