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The total for the year is rather smaller than that for the previous
four years which were 1,019, 1.304. 1.137 and 1,218, due chiefly to
the reduction of Infectious Disease visits paid.
The School Nurses attend at all medical inspections and staff the
various Clinics, e.g., Minor Ailment, Ophthalmic, Aural, Ringworm
and Tonsillectomy Clinics, and also carry out extensive
uncleanliness surveys as already detailed.
Several "following up" visits were paid at the request of the
Almoners of various Metropolitan General Hospitals and written
reports given of the findings.
If parents fail to remedy defects after repeated home visits,
warning letters are sent by the School Medical Officer or the
assistance of the N.S.P.C.C. is obtained. No legal action was
necessary during 1930.
8. MEDICAL TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Ailments.—The treatment of minor ailments is
carried out at the eight sessions of the School Clinics which are
detailed earlier in the report.
All are "Medical Officer's" sessions except that on Thursday
afternoon, which is staffed by a School Nurse.
Table IV, Group 1 (Board of Education) at the end of the Report,
shows the number of defects treated during the year, mostly at the
above Clinics.
The actual work done at the two Clinics is shown on the Table
given below. 3,717 children were seen at first inspection and they
made 9,237 subsequent attendances, a total of 12.954 for the year.