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The enquiries by the head-teachers often stimulate the parents
to secure treatment for certain defects at an earlier stage than is
possible by the visits of the School Nurse, who cannot always
follow up all the cases within that time. Again, the information
received from the head-teachers often prompts an earlier visit by
the School Nurse to urge suitable treatment.
In connection with the following-up of defective children
the School Nurses made 1,529 visits to the schools and to the homes
of the 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 690 of the 951 children
suffering from minor ailments, or 72.5 per cent., were treated at
the Health Centres and 261, or 27.4 per cent., were treated by
private practitioners or at hospitals. The total attendances at the
Health Centres for the daily treatment of minor ailments were as
follows:—
Ear Cases 1,303
Eye Cases 1,353
Ringworm 183
Impetigo 5,004
Scabies 46
Eczema 184
Minor Injuries 403
Others 2,465
Total 10,941
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.— It is indicated in Table IV,
Group III, that 97 cases of enlarged tonsils or adenoids were
submitted for operation at the Mattock Lane Health Centre, and
that 34 cases were dealt with at hospitals or by private practitioners.
(c) Tuberculosis.— Eleven children were referred to the
Tuberculosis Officer for supervision, nine being suspected of tuberculosis
of the lungs and two of the cervical glands.