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(6) Sickness and its probable causes.
(7) Home nursing of—
Broncho-pneumonia.
Whooping Cough.
Consumption.
(8) First aid treatment of burns, scalds, etc.
(9) The different kinds of food.
(a) Body building.
(b) Energy and warmth producing.
(c) Purifying foods.
Water.
Other factors.
(10) The use of food—
Growth—warmth—repair—energy.
Special usefulness of different kinds of foods.
Outline of digestive process.
(11) Why people eat various kinds of food, and why they are wise to do so.
The consequences of eating too much.
The importance of taking food at regular intervals.
The consequences of taking food which is unsuitable to the age or habits of the individual.
(12) Rickets.
Defective teeth.
(13) Breast feeding.
(14) Weaning.
(15) Feeding of child 1 to 3 years.
(16) How to make—Albumen water.
Peptonised milk.
Whey.
(17) The Health of the Mother—Personal Hygiene—Rest—Food and Exercise.
(18) Talk to Nursing Mothers.
(19) Care of the Expectant Mother.
(20) Baby's exercise and sleep.
(21) Possible cause of fretfulness in infants and young children.
Practical Demonstrations.—These included :—
(1) How to make and apply a linseed poultice.
(2) How to prepare and apply a fomentation and turpentine stupe.
(3) How to bathe and dress an infant.
(4) How to prepare baby's bottle.
(5) How to give a blanket bath.
(6) How to improvise a meat safe and butter cooler.
THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE.
Schools.—There are 35 public elementary schools in the district. Of this number 23 are
Council and 12 church or non-provided schools.
Included in the number of the Council schools are 3 special schools, 1 for mentally defective
and 2 for physically defective children.
Two of the Council schools are temporary buildings.
The hygienic condition of the schools in Willesden is very variable. Many of the more modern
schools leave little to be desired as regards ventilation, lighting, warming, equipment and sanitation,
but some of the other schools fall short of the standard desirable.
Water to the schools is supplied in all instances direct from the mains of the Metropolitan
Water Board.
Adequate facilities are provided for the supply of drinking water for the scholars.
I have on several occasions reported on the unsatisfactory condition of the sanitary conveniences
provided at the Boys' Department of St. Andrew's School, with the result that during the year plans
were submitted and passed by the Council for the erection of a new annexe. The work has been
carried out and the building fitted with new modern waterclosets and adequate provision made for
urinal accommodation.
Co-ordination with Other Health Services.—Since January, 1925, an arrangement has
been in force whereby the records of infancy of each child, obtained by the Health Nurses at their
visits or by the Clinic Medical Officers as a result of the child being brought to one of the Council's
Child Welfare Clinics, are carried forward in the form of a summary on to the child's school medical
inspection card. The School Medical Officers at their inspections are thus provided with valuable
information as to the previous medical history of the entrants they are examining.