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FOLLOWING UP.
There are 19 Health Visitors, 18 of whom devote 5/llths of
their time to school work, and one who is employed whole time in
school clinics. In addition there are two masseuses, one of whom
devotes all her time to school work and the other half her time,
the other half being occupied with Maternity and Child Welfare.
There are three whole-time dental assistants.
The nurses also assist at routine and special medical inspections
in the schools and pay periodical visits to schools for
cleanliness surveys. With the helpful co-operation of the Chief
School Attendance Officer and his staff, persistent offenders
against cleanliness have been proceeded against in Court, others
have been brought before the Committee and warned. There are
still, however, certain families who consistently spoil the cleanliness
records of some of the schools.
School Visits.
The following table summarises the visits paid, etc., in connection
with these duties:-
Visits-to Schools re Cleanliness 43
Visits to School Departments re Cleanliness 473
Number of children inspected for cleanliness (first
inspection) 66,758
Number of children inspected (subsequent inspections)
3,973
Number of children found unclean (first inspection) 2,451*
Number of children found unclean (subsequent inspections)
2,416
*Representing 1,961 individual children.
Home Visits.
Concerning uncleanliness 76
Concerning defects found at routine medical
inspections 1,709
Subsequent visits re defects found at routine
medical inspections 756
Visits re' special cases 1,129
Visits to dental cases 333
Visits in connection with infectious cases and other
visits 10,840