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24
CLEANLINESS SURVEYS, 1927.
Number of visits by Nurses 13
Total number of children examined 1734
„ „ „ „ given warning notices 134
„ „ „ „ excluded as verminous 9
1. (Few) 96
2. (Bad) 23
Found to have nits—
3. (Very Bad) 15
Two hundred more children were examined this year than in
1926. The total seen, however, represents only about one quarter
of the school population. This is not enough. Every school should
have at least one cleanliness inspection during the year.
It seems, however, impossible to achieve this with the present
staff without sacrificing other work. Visiting has been cut down
to a bare minimum. Usually only two "Following Up" visits
are paid per case except in very bad cases, the Medical Officer
deciding which cases must have more extensive visiting.
The work of the cleanliness survey is not only that of the
actual inspection at the school. It includes also the action taken
with regard to those found with dirty heads. This necessitates
attendance at the clinic until the children are clean, and means
a large addition to the attendance at a treatment clinic.
The survey is important because—
1. The parents have no warning, and therefore, the findings
are a true indication of the cleanliness of the school.
2. Everyone in the school is examined, instead of only a
certain group as at Routine Medical Inspection.
3. It is of great help to the Teacher in maintaining cleanliness
in the school. Since no one knows when the Nurse may
come, it is necessary for the children to be always clean if
their school is to get good marks at a Survey.
Mrs. Yates, the Home Help, still continues the work of
cleansing heads begun in 1923, the conditions remaining the
same, viz.:—the Council supplies the Sackers Combs and Shampoo
and Mrs. Yates charges 1/- per case for cleansing.