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(7) FOLLOWING UP.
Arrangements for following up cases of defect are as
follows :
Children referred for treatment from routine inspection are
visited and advice offered the parents by the school nurses as how
best whatever treatment may be necessary can be obtained.
Following-up cards are kept in respect of all children referred
for treatment from routine or special examination, and on subsequent
visits of the medical officer to the school such children are reinspected
to see whether treatment has been carried out and its
results.
Children for whom glasses have been prescribed are re-inspected
within three months of the original examinations. Children whose
tonsils and adenoids have been operated upon are re-inspected at
the Clinic, the necessity for further attendance at hospital being
thus minimised. Cases where treatment is not obtained elsewhere
and which fall within the category of Minor Ailments are dealt
with at the School Clinic.
Of the number of children referred for treatment during the
year, 56.3 were found to have been treated, compared with 59.45
in 1926. .