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Additional
Lady Health
Visitors or
School
Nurses.
ment of the medical supervision of school children,
and I am of opinion that for the scheme to be of
practical value, two additional Health Visitors
should be appointed.
The duties of the Health Visitors would include
the visiting of certain of the scholars at their homes
to see that the instructions of the Medical Officers
were there carried out, more especially with regard
to dirty, verminous and impetiginous children, and
those affected with scabies, ringworm, and allied
contagious skin diseases.
One of the Health Visitors should usually be
present at the Medical Inspections, especially of the
children in the Infant Departments. She should
prepare the child for examination, and generally aid
in making entries of the results on the child's card,
and in noting instructions where parents have to be
communicated with, and the child visited at the
home.
Only by the provision of skilled assistance in
this way will it be possible to embrace the work with
the staff as at present estimated. A considerable portion
of the time of the Medical Officer can be saved