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The figures for exclusions are not related in any way to the
figures obtained in routine medical inspections.
These figures show an increase in Measles, Mumps and Jaundice,
whilst the remainder all show a decrease.
WORK OF SCHOOL NURSES
All the School Nurses whose work is set out below are also
Health visitors and are thus able to judge by direct observation
the inter-action of influences at home and in school on any particular
child.
With changes in school catchment areas, the ideal of the
Health Visitor to a family being also the School Nurse for its
school children members may not be achieved. Even so, she has
daily contact with colleagues from whom the necessary information
can readily be obtained.
There is also the obvious economy which results from district
visiting being for the school health and maternity and infant
welfare services at the same time, by the single visitor.
School Visits
Visits to School Departments re Cleanliness 460
Visits re Scabies
Visits re Infectious Disease 43
Visits re Medical Inspections 629
Visits re Medical Preparations 640
All other reasons 535
Home Visits
Concerning defects found at routine medical
inspections 196
Subsequent visits re defects found at routine
medical inspections 91
Visits re special cases 127
Visits re dental cases 2
Visits other than infectious cases 1,112
Visits in connection with infectious cases
(including 307 visits concerning uncleanliness)2,882