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(k) Other Defects and Diseases.
These form a very miscellaneous group and in all 235
cases were referred for treatment from routine and special
inspections.
Following up.
There are three Health Visitors and School Nurses who
devote approximately two-fifths of their time to school work.
There is a whole-time Clinic Nurse who does the minor ailments
and supervises the Dental Clinic, and there is also a
whole-time Dental Attendant. Home visits are paid by the
School Nurses in connection with the treatment of defects;
to endeavour to get consents to dental treatment, in connection
with uncleanliness cases, and to arrange for children
to go to special schools.
The following is a summary of the work done by the
School Nurses during the year:—
Visits to schools 876
Visits to clinics 319
Home visits 821
2,016
Number of examinations of children—
heads, bodies, clothing, etc. 18,363
Medical Treatment.
(a) Minor Ailments.
The Clinic at Bourchier House is open every morning
from 8.30 a.m. On the 1st January the Minor Ailments Clinic
in North Finchley was transferred from the Congregational
Hall to Summerside School and a session has been held
weekly on Tuesday afternoons. On occasions the number of
patients has been so large as to necessitate a second weekly
session which has been held on Friday afternoons.
Nine hundred and thirty-two children received treatment
at these clinics during the year, making 6,760 attendances,
as compared with 879 children making 8,172 attendances
in 1933.
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