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FOLLOWING-UP.
The following-up of children suffering from defects is
carried out by the School Medical Officer and School
Nurses, aided in some instances by the Teachers and
Attendance Officers.
The procedure adopted and the various duties of the
School Nurses were set out in detail in the Annual Report
for 1930.
The following table specifies some of the work carried
out by the School Nurses during 1933 :—
Number of children prepared for Routine Medical
Inspection 1356
Number examined at Schools for uncleanliness 14797
Number of following-up home visits 576
Total number of visits to the Schools 558
Total number of Clinic Sessions 434
TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Ailments and Diseases of the Skin.
The treatment of minor ailments and diseases of the
skin was undertaken daily at the Clinic during school terms,
5463 attendances being registered during the year. Owing
to the removal of Dr. N. H. Linzee from Surbiton, arrangements
for X-ray treatment of ringworm were made with
Mr. G. G. Blake of 10, Onslow Road, Richmond, at the
rate of one guinea per case.
(b) Visual Defects and External Eye Disease.
Most of the external eye defects have been treated at
the Minor Ailments Clinic, but when necessary they are
referred to either the School Oculist or the Royal Hospital,
Richmond.
Cases of defective vision and squint are referred by the
School Medical Officer to the Oculist who has prescribed
spectacles for 100 children during the year.