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It is doubtful whether this can be avoided since it is
essential that a School Nurse should have personal knowledge
of the home conditions of the children attending her
particular School.
Again it must be borne in mind that in outbreaks of
infectious disease the contacts from one family may be
distributed in two or three Schools, a potential source of
infection, which was formerly confined to the departments
of one School only. Hence the limitation of such outbreaks
to one area in the Borough appears to be less likely.
CO-ORDINATION.
The School Medical Officer is also Medical Officer of
Health.
The School Nurses are also Health Visitors, and each
carries out Maternity, Child Welfare, Infant Life Protection
and School work.
Records of infants are transferred to the School
Medical Service as soon as these infants attain the age of
five.
The Offices of the School Medical Service, Elementary
Education, and Public Health Department together with the
Clinics and Open Air School are all centralised at the
building in Grange Road, which makes co-ord'ination and
co-operation between the Health Services easy and complete.
SCHOOL HYGIENE.
Bonner Hill Road School.
New lavatory accommodation was provided by the
erection of a block of an additional ten water closets for
the Junior Girls and five for the Infants.
The woodwork of the Infants' Department was revarnished.