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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 Scarlet Fever, Chicken Pox
and Dysentery, whilst the remainder all show a decrease. Measles
remained the most frequent recorded cause of absence from school
WORK OP SCHOOL NURSES
All the School Nurses whose work is set out below are also
Health Visitors and are thus able to judge tay 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 519
Visits re Scabies 2
Visits re Infectious Disease 144
Visits re Medical Inspections 527
Visits re Medical Preparations 499
All other reasons 626
Home Visits
Concerning defects found at routine medical
inspections 517
Subsequent visits re defects found at routine
medical inspections 198
Visits re special cases 474
Visits other than infectious cases 913
Visits in connection with infectious cases 795