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children seize this opportunity to stay away from school
and their homes are visited by the nurse to secure the
child's attendance for proper treatment and attention.
Summary of work done by the School Nurses during
the year:—
Visits paid to schools 379
Children examined 13,651
Children excluded for vermin 171
Visits to homes 801
Visits to Tuberculous children 113
Medical Treatment, Review of the Methods employed
or available for the Treatment of
Defects and the results attained.
As you are aware, a small School Clinic had been
carried on in the Old Council Offices, High Street, Erith,
for some two or three years in a successful manner, as
far as the limited space would permit. It was deemed
necessary, for its proper and full working, that it should
have larger premises. About the middle of April the
School Clinic was removed to "Hainault," Lesney Park
Road, where it occupies several rooms on the ground
floor of the building. Here there are large and well-appointed
waiting rooms for the children who are in attendance,
with ample accommodation for their parents also
if they desire to come with them.
The Inspection Room is also of good size, and is
fitted upon one side with four large washing basins, with
hot and cold water. The basins are used for cleansing
purposes, and for the disinfection and cleansing of children
with Scabies on their hands and arms. On the
afternoon of the Dentist's visit they are put in use by the
children who have had teeth extracted, for the washingout
of their mouths. In another corner of this room
there is a large cupboard and table with all the necessaries
and dressings for minor ailments and skin affections.
A desk and small table occupied by the Medical
Officer and Clerk takes up the centre of the room, and
here it is that children are examined and advice given,
and if necessary passed over to the nurses for attention.