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School Notes.
During the year, 973 (including 18 "special") school children
were medically inspected and, of these, 372 were recommended for
medical, dental or ocular treatment, some of the defects were : —
1. Malnutrition, 114 ; i e., below standard.
2. Uncleanliness, Head, 103; Body, 128; (chiefly
want of soap and water).
3. Defective Vision, 53.
4. Defective Hearing, 26, including 5 of ear disease.
5. Enlarged Tonsils, 65, not all requiring operation.
Enlarged Adenoids, 15, „ „ „ ,,
6. Organic Heart Disease, 8.
7. Anæmia, 21.
8. Pretubercular, 16.
9. Teeth (4 or more decayed), 155.
10. Skin Diseases, 36.
Number of children who received medical, dental, ocular, or
surgical treatment :—
Special Inspection EYES. July 1917 to July 1918, 196
examined and 156 supplied with glasses.
Special Inspection TEETH. July 1917 to July 1918, 742
recommended, 250 attended clinic. 375 refused treatment. 34
attended privately, the others failed to keep appointments.
General Medical Inspection. 372 recommended and 156
treated.
Children moving from one district to another or even from one
school to another, come without their medical schedules very often
and their previous medical record is thereby lost. Some system
which will not break down should be in vogue so that when a child
leaves one school for another the schedule accompanies him.
MEASLES.
Surprise has often been expressed by magistrates hearing
school cases, that children are allowed to attend school when there
is Measles in the house. The practice usually adopted is to exclude
(a) the sufferers, (b) the contacts attending Infant schools, (c) older