TABLE 19.
Type A Schools.
p
Standard of Nutrition
Age Group
No. Inspected
Normal
Slightly below normal
Foor
26
26
12
10
Total
6
44
44
TABLE 20,
Type B Schools.
Standard of Nutrition
Age Group
No. Inspected
Normal
Slightly below normal
Poor
5
ht
66
9
1
7
215
173
42
10
248
207
40
1
13
404
349
55
15
112
106
18
16
13
3
Total
1.081
904
155
2
TABLE 21.
Type C Schools.
Standard of Nutrition
Age Group
No. Inspected
Normal
Slightly below normal
Foor
191
163
28
7
364
203
70
10
344
265
76
13
438
372
61
16
127
118
18
13
12
1
Tatal
1.477
1,223
245
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144. As might be expected, the nutritional standard in the Group C schools which provide for the poorest class of pupils is not so good as in the other two groups.
145. The general health of those children examined was good, and the defects found were mostly minor. Dental caries still remains the biggest single defect.
146. Annexure H, Tables 1 and 2 show the results of medical inspec- tion of pupils and the inspection of school premises.
147. There was a slight drop in the percentage of children found with no apparent defect from 37.14% in 1949 to 36.47% in 1950.
148. Negotiations for an extension of the Schools Health Service, re- ferred to in my last report were continued during the year with rather poor success to start with but better results later. Finally 130 schools with a varying proportion of the pupils agreed to take part in the scheme, and by the end of the year 25,423 children were enrolled. In addition to this, a small number of teachers were also included. In anticipation of approval by the Legislative Council for this extension, steps were taken to recruit staff and the extended scheme was put into operation on 1st April, 1951.
149. This extension brings the number of children now included in the Schools Health Service to 47,433 out of a total of approximately 160,000 children attending school. Unfortunately, owing to difficulty in obtaining ophthalmic and ear, nose and throat specialists, there is no like- lihood of the scheme being further extended in the near future.
150. All pupils taking part in the scheme pay $15 per year and for this receive the usual routine examinations as new entrants and at the ages of 5, 10, 12, 15 and 18. They will all receive out-patient and in- patient medical attention, but not domiciliary attention, an annual dental examination with extractions for milk teeth and conservative work for the second dentition, and an annual eye examination with the provision of spectacles where necessary. A small additional charge will be made for maintenance in hospital, but otherwise the $15 will be inclusive.
(viii) Nutrition.
151. The standard of nutrition in the Colony remained good, and there was little evidence of gross malnutrition or undernourishment.
152. Apart from the small sample survey carried out by the Schools Health staff, no nutrition survey was done during the year.
(ix)
Social Hygiene.
153. Social Hygiene is under the direction of the Senior Social Hygiene Officer, who has a staff of five doctors, one technical assistant, eight dressers and eighteen nurses to help him. Treatment is carried out in six Government clinics, three male clinics (two in Hong Kong and one in Kowloon), and three female clinics (also two in Hong Kong and one in Kowloon). In addition to these clinics, there is a small hospital, the Wanchai Social Hygiene Hospital. It has sixteen beds for women, and four cots.
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