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                    3. Medical examination of school children.
                           The boys’ 8chool» wore examined in Bahrain onoo during tho year as was also
                    the girls' school,   The main diseases and defects from which tho children were
                     found to be suffering are shown on the following tables :—
                           Boys1 Schools.

                                                                        Advanced
                                            No. of            Scarring   disease   Carious
                            School         6oholars   Enlarged  from     of the    teeth.
                                                     spleen
                                          examined           Small-pox    eye

                     Manaraah               204      15.7%     21.6%     14.2%     14.2%
                     Muharraq               209       5.3%     17.2%      3.8%      5.3%
                     Hedd                   155       6.1%     14.9%     14_2%     10.9%
                     Bafaa                   19       5.2%     10.4%               10.4%
                     SuVAl-KhamiB            47      63.8%     31.9%     12.8%     25.6%
                     Budeya                  30      43.3%     23.3%      6,6%     10 %
                     Sitra                   23      73.9%     39.1%     13 %      34.8%


                           Remarks.
                               Manamah             Debility, malnutrition.
                               Muharraq            General condition better than Manamah.
                               Hedd               Fair, low incidence of malaria.
                               Bafaa               Healthy.
                               Suq-al-Khamis       Malarious 'I
                               Budeya                         situated among gardens.
                               Sitra
                           Girls' Schools.
                                                                   Muharrq      Manamah

                               Number of scholars examined         84           123
                               Defects expressed in percentage of
                                 number of children examined.
                               Enlarged spleen                     15   %        14   %
                               Carious teeth                        5.95%        12.19%
                               Enlarged tonsils and adenoids        8.3  %         8.94%
                               Cervical Adenitis                   15.4 %          3.26%
                               Circulatory disease                  2.3  %        7.31%
                               Bespiratory „                        2.3 %          7.31%
                                Eye                                 2.3 %          4   %
                                Ear                                                2.81%
                                Anaemia                                            6.69%
                                Unclean heads                       7.14%         37.3 %
                                Skin disease                        3   %          1 %
                                Nutrition fair                      15.4 %        26 %
                            The Medical Officer made several suggestions to improve the sanitation
                      of the boys' schools as tho school boys were found to bo dirty. He suggested
                      that all boys unvaccinated should be vaccinuted, subject to the consent of the
                      parents. This was carried out. He also stated that medioal inspection of the sohool
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