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FOLLOWING-UP.
Special lists are made of all children requiring treatment
for defects of the teeth, eyes, nose and throat, which can be provided
at the School Clinic. All these cases are visited at once by the
School Nurses who advise the parents to obtain treatment, and put
those who cannot afford treatment by a private doctor in the way
of securing it at the School Clinic. All other cases, in which treatment
is advisable or in which observation is required, are visited
in rotation by the School Nurses, who advise parents to obtain
treatment or give directions regarding the hygienic supervision already
advised by the Medical Officer at the inspection.
During the year the School Nurses made 1,548 visits to the
homes regarding defective children.
MEDICAL TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Ailments.—In Table IV are tabulated the number
and the nature of the minor ailments which received treatment
during the year. It will be noted that 483 of the children suffering
from minor ailments, or 81.3 per cent., were treated at the School
Clinic, and 111, or 18.6 per cent., by private practitioners or at
hospitals. The total attendances at the School Clinic for the daily
treatment of minor ailments were as follows
Ear Cases 1,230
Eye Cases 1,221
Ringworm 180
Impetigo 3,863
Scabies 9
Others 1,982
Total 8,485
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.—It is indicated in Table IV that
41 cases of enlarged tonsils or adenoids were operated upon at
the School Clinic, and that ten cases were dealt with at hospitals
or by private practitioners. At the School Clinic there was also
treated one case of abnormal nasal condition.