75. Treatment of Government school children is undertaken at three general and two special clinics. Attendances were as follows:-
Ellis Kadoorie Clinic
948
Violet Peel Health Centre (formerly Junior Technical School Clinic)
602
Yaumati Clinic
1,123
Special Clinic (not including figures from the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic)
370
3,043
76. In certain circumstances payment of hospital in-patient fees is met by the medical "insurance" fund.
77. The nurses paid 127 visits to the homes of 109 persons.
78. Dental disease forms the largest group of defects. Sixteen percent of all cases show evidence of conservation. The establishment of a dental service has been recommended, and it has been suggested that the proportionate salary and recurrent expenses of a part-time dental surgeon could be met by an increased subscription to the medical "insurance" fund.
79. Disorders of vision (myopia greater than 90%): the incidence among Government school children (all ages) was 27.5%, but only 2.2% were uncorrected or in need of treatment as against 15% in 1934. On June 1st, a local firm contracted to supply spectacles to school children who subscribe to an "insurance" fund operated by the Education Department. The rates are reasonable, and as examinations are conducted at Government clinics, expenditure has been considerably reduced.
80. Seven hundred and seven visits were paid to private vernacular schools in connection with registration and control (409 in 1934). In the last report it was stated that hygienic requirements had been far too lenient: during 1935 recommendations tendered to the Education Department have advised a higher standard.
81. The subsidised and unaided private vernacular schools may be grouped together. They are mainly concerned in primary education and receive pupils between the ages of 6 and 12. The prevention of health defects has its greatest effect at this stage of school life, and it is at these schools that one finds children of the class most concerned in the maintenance and spread of ill-health. Consequently, in the period under review, more attention has been given to this group than during the previous year.
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75. Treatment of Government school children is undertaken at three general and two special clinics. Attendances were as follows:-
Ellis Kadoorie Clinic
948
Violet Peel Health Centre (formerly Junior Technical School Clinic)
602
Yaumati Clinic
1,123
Special Clinic (not including figures from the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic)
370
3,043
76. In certain circumstances payment of hospital in-patient fees is met by the medical "insurance" fund.
77. The nurses paid 127 visits to the homes of 109 persons.
78. Dental disease forms the largest group of defects. Sixteen percent of all cases show evidence of conservation. The establishment of a dental service has been recommended, and it has been suggested that the proportionate salary and recurrent expenses of a part-time dental surgeon could be met by an increased subscription to the medical "insurance" fund.
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79. Disorders of vision (myopia greater than 90%): the incidence among Government school children (all ages) was 27.5%, but only 2.2% were uncorrected or in need of treatment às against 15% in 1934. On June 1st, a local firm contracted to supply spectacles to school children who subscribe to an "insurance" fund operated by the Education Department. The rates are reasonable, and as examinations are conducted at Government clinics, expenditure has been considerably reduced.
80. Seven hundred and seven visits were paid to private vernacular schools in connection with registration and control (409 in 1934). In the last report it was stated that hygienic requirements had been far too lenient: during 1935 recommenda- tions tendered to the Education Department have advised a higher standard.
81. The subsidised and unaided private vernacular schools may be grouped together. They are mainly concerned in primary education and receive pupils between the ages of 6 and 12. The prevention of health defects has its greatest effect at this stage of school life, and it is at these schools that one finds children of the class most concerned in the maintenance and spread of ill-health. Consequently, in the period under review, more attention has been given to this group than during the previous year.
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