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SCHOOL NURSES.
During the Easter holidays, Miss A. A. C. Williams, 1st School Nurse, met
with a severe accident. Steps were taken as soon as possible to find a deputy,
and Mrs. Sloper, a fully trained nurse and midwife, began duty on 22nd April.
Miss Williams was not able to resume until August 31st.
2nd School Nurse. In April the Education Committee asked the
Council to join them in appointing a woman officer to combine the duties of
School Nurse and Woman Sanitary Inspector. This was agreed to in May, and
that such post should be filled at the same salary and allowances as
Miss Williams, half to be paid by each body.
Mrs. J.A. Hobbs commenced duty on September 2nd, as 2nd School Nurse
and 5th Woman Inspector. She was not unacquainted with our area and its
parents and children, as she acted as Temporary School Nurse from February
1915 to the end of July 1916. This Officer works equally for both the Public
Health and Education Committees, and fills the useful post I referred to in my
Annual Reports for 1915 and 1916, i.e., a Woman Officer to visit the homes of
scholars absent from school for infectious, contagious, verminous, or minor ailments.
Before the end of 1918 it was fully demonstrated that great moral and
material results were being obtained by this " following up" officer.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR AND SCOPE OF ROUTINE
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Three age-groups have been inspected, the entrants (the majority of whom
were 5 or 6 years of age), the 8-year-old group, and the leavers.
Five Thousand Three Hundred and Forty-five children were passed
through the routine inspection.
TABLE I.
Of the Board of Education.