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VERMIN AND UNCLEANLINESS INSPECTION.
(See Table V)
Routine inspection of each child at school each term is made
by the School Nurses who carried out 13,381 inspections. 120
children were found to have evidence of infestation. The
responsibility of cleaning of children must continue to be the
responsibility of the parent.
TREATMENT.
It is difficult to report on treatment as apart from special
medical inspections at the clinics, for the two are linked together.
Facilities for minor ailment treatment are provided at two ad hoc
clinics and at two schools, Hayes and Burnt Ash. These latter
were provided to prevent long distance travelling and much
delay to the distressed housewife. Incidentally, they have both
saved school time. Table III gives an indication of the types of
defects treated—a total attendance of 15,795. As this work increases
year by year, less and less time is available to the School
Nurse for home visiting and much valuable public health work
lost.
In addition to the treatment of minor ailments at the clinic,
special clinics are provided covering orthopaedic, ophthalmic,
dental and speech defects. Cases requiring domiciliary treatment
are referred to their own doctor, and those requiring
hospital treatment to Farnborough Hospital. Maladjusted
children are referred for treatment through the County Child
Guidance Clinics. Tubercular children come under the control
of the County Tuberculosis Officer through the Tuberculosis
Clinic, Park Road, Bromley.
ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC.
(See Table III, Group IV)
This clinic was held in conjunction with the Royal National
Orthopaedic Hospital on two sessions a month when the Orthopaedic
Surgeon was available for consultation, and an associated
massage and remedial clinic was held on five sessions a week at
the North Clinic.
In March, 1947, the service was taken over by the Kent
County Council, who provide their own Orthopaedic Surgeon
and Physiotherapist for the same number of sessions and consultations.
In-patient treatment is also provided at the County
Hospital, Pembury.