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The following table specifies some of the work carried
out by the School Nurses during 1938 :—
Number of children prepared for Routine Medical
Inspection 1,642
Number examined at Schools for uncleanliness 13,041
Number of following-up home visits 658
Number of visits to the Schools 486
Number of Clinic Sessions 424
Clinic Sessions—Dental Attendant 184
Visits to School—Dental Attendant 40
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,
6798 attendances being registered during the year.
(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 106 children during the year.
(c) Nose and Throat Defects.
As before, operative treatment of tonsils and adenoids
has been carried out at the Kingston Victoria Hospital. The
cases are visited by the School Nurses on their discharge
from Hospital, and later are examined by the School Medical
Officer before re-admission to School.
36 cases were treated under this Scheme during the
year at a cost of £51 6s. Od. towards which the parents
contributed £8 12s. Od.
(d) Ear Disease and Hearing.
Minor ear defects in the cases of 40 children have been
treated at the Clinic; other ear diseases and deafness were
referred to private practitioners and hospitals,