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condition was very poor, she developed pneumonia which
did not respond to treatment, and died twenty days after
admission.
The remaining nineteen cases have all done exceedingly
well."
FOLLOWING UP.
The work of the School Medical Services would not be
complete without well organised arrangements. for ensuring
that the defects discovered receive appropriate treatment. For
this purpose the parent is invited to be present at all inspections
so that an opportunity may be had of explaining any
defect discovered and in addition a notice is sent informing
the parent of the particular defect discovered and advising
how the appropriate treatment can be obtained in each case.
Visits are then made to the home by the School Nurses
in all cases where parents fail to secure treatment, to impress
them of its necessity, and in certain cases which have been
referred for treatment to outside sources to ascertain if that
has been obtained. The total number of visits made to the
home by the School Nurses during the year was 3,215.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following Tables show the incidence of infectious
diseases in public elementary schools.
These are accurate as regards Scarlet Fever and
Diphtheria, but as regards Measles, Chickenpox and Whooping
Cough they are only approximately correct, as these
diseases are not notifiable and the information is derived from
particulars which are supplied to the Head Teachers by the
parents, but they are sufficiently accurate to give a reasonable
indication of the incidence of these diseases in the schools.