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7. FOLLOWING UP.
The arrangements for following up defects found at medical
inspection were set out fully in the report for 1920, and these
have been continued throughout. The School Nurses have paid
3,824 visits to the homes of children in whom defects were found
at medical inspection, and for special investigation purposes. Of
the 1,176 children referred for treatment, 870 or 74 per cent, have
obtained treatment. The School Nurses have also paid 160 special
visits to the Schools, and 26 visits to the Feeding Centres, and have
undertaken 20 journeys in connection with the admission and discharge
of children to Institutions. All, children, referred for the
operative treatment of tonsils and adenoids (594), have been
visited by the School Nurses both prior to and after the operation.
The value of the work of the School Nurses cannot be overestimated:
it is they who come in close touch with the children
and parents in the home, and to the School Nurses belongs the
satisfaction of knowing that it is largely owing to their efforts that
the incidence of disease amongst the children is declining year by
year.