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Following up.
There are four Nurses concerned with the School
Medical Service—one spends her whole time in the various
school clinics, while the other three devote half their time to
school work and half to maternity and child welfare work.
When a child is found at medical inspection to be suffering
from a defect which requires treatment, the School Nurse
calls at the home and advises the parents as to what treatment
is required and how it may be obtained. The child is
then re-examined by the Medical Officer at his next visit to
the school.
The following is a summary of the work done by the
School Nurses during the year:—
Visits to schools 1276
Visits to clinics 724
Home visits 981
2981
Number of examinations of children—
heads, bodies, clothing, etc. 19,494
Medical Treatment.
(a) Minor Ailments.
The Minor Ailments Clinic at Bourchier House, East
Finchley, is open every morning from 8.30 a.m. and the
clinic at the Congregational Hall, North Finchley, is open
every Friday morning from 9 a.m. The School Medical
Officer sees cases at North Finchley every Friday and at
Bourchier House every Thursday, and at such other times
as may be necessary.
Nine hundred and seventy-four children received treatment
at these clinics during the year, making 9,209 attendances,
as compared with 943 children making 7,942 attendances
in 1927.
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