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The School Medical Officer completes a Following-up
Card for each child found defective, and he re-examines the
child on re-visiting the School each term until satisfactory
treatment has been obtained.
In more urgent cases the child is seen at the Clinic at
more frequent intervals.
The various duties of the School Nurses were set out
in detail in the Annual Report for 1925, and the following
table specifies some of the work carried out by them during
1929.
Number of children prepared for Routine Medical
Inspection 1,368
Number examined at Schools for uncleanliness 16,325
Number of following-up home visits 468
Total number of visits to the Schools 613
Total Number of Clinic Sessions 388
The Central Aid Society has helped in obtaining letters
for hospitals, etc., in cases where the parents cannot afford
to pay, and also in sending children away for convalescence
to the seaside.
The National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Children has aided in following up obstinate cases when
notified by the School Medical Officer.
VACCINATION.
At Routine Medical Inspections an entry is made on the
Medical Record Card of every child not exhibiting evidence
of previous vaccination.
The percentage of entrant infants showing vaccination
marks was 69.8.
SPECIAL SCHOOL.
The Special School for Physically Defective Children is
now temporarily accommodated in the ground floor of the
new building in Bonner Hill Road, which has been erected
as a Domestic Subjects Centre.