AnnualReport-1930

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Not all Grant-in-Aid Schools are inspected. Some have their own doctor e.g. St. Stephen's College and the Diocesan Boys School.

The premises of the majority of the Government and Grant-in-Aid Schools were inspected and attention drawn to defects. Various improvements in sanitation were made during the year chiefly in the direction of lighting, ventilation and air space.

Inspection of the entrant group with re-inspection, repeated if necessary, for those found defective, has again formed the bulk of the year's work.

1927 1928 1929 1930 Schools inspected 18 17 15 18 Entrants examined 1,189 1,111 1,153 1,364 Defects found 426 1,616 499 580 Percentage of Defects in British Schools 37.5 37.08 34.0 Percentage of Defects in Anglo-Chinese Schools 39.1 44.41 43.5

Among the 1,364 "entrants" examined 580 defects were found. The principal defects noted were Vision 14.9%, other eye troubles 2.4%, heart disease 2.6%, tonsils and adenoids 5.89%, suspected tuberculosis 3.9%, serious dental cases 4.5%, spinal curvature 0.38%, skin diseases 0.61%.

Re-inspected Improved Percentage British 1929 172 95 55.23% 1930 104 40 38.4% Anglo-Chinese 1929 227 673 54.84% 1930 813 417 51.20%

There are no School Clinics-cases of errors of refraction were seen by Dr. Cogan at his Clinic and examinations made. With regard to other defects, free treatment was offered at the Government Hospitals and at the Chinese Public Dispensaries.

With regard to infectious diseases the M.O.H. notifies the School Medical Officer of any school cases certified by him. Among the pupils there were 16 cases of Chicken-pox, 1 case of Whooping Cough, 3 cases of Diphtheria, 5 cases of Mumps, 2 cases of Enteric, 10 cases of Measles and 1 case of German Measles.

Vernacular Schools are not yet receiving the benefit of medical inspection. Last year there were 195 subsidised Vernacular Schools in Urban Districts and 487 non-subsidised Schools with an enrolment of 40,000 children including 14,000 girls. Besides these there are Vernacular Grant Schools and about 150 Rural District Schools.