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3. The teachers may on their own initiative, refer children
to the Clinic either because of illness or uncleanliness.
4. The School Attendance Officers or the Attendance SubCommittees
may refer children who have been absent
from school on account of alleged illness.
5. The Medical Officers or the Health Visitors may discover
cases casually while visiting the schools.
Charges for treatment are as follows:—
Spectacles.—Free in necessitous cases.
Up to 10th October, 1921, the charge for ordinary cases
was 4/- per pair. From that date the Committee passed a
resolution to the effect that where the income exceeded 10/- per
head, after deduction of rent, the full cost of the glasses should
be paid.
Ringworm. Free in cases considered necessitous.
Other elementary school cases, 2/6.
Cases from other schools, according to
circumstances of parents.
Dental. 6d. per attendance at Clinic.
Minor Ailments Free.
TREATMENT OF UNCLEANLINESS.
The Schools were visited by the Nurses on 27 occasions for
the purpose of conducting Cleanliness Survey. At these inspections
there were examined 3,978 children, of which 507 were found to
be unclean. Of the later number 108 were excluded and the
remainder 399 warned and kept under observation.
In this district neither the Education Authority nor the
Sanitary Authority possesses a cleansing station, consequently when
children are excluded from school by reason of nitty or verminous
conditions and their parents fail to cleanse them within the period
of 14 days, allowed them by by-law, a prosecution may be
ordered.