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7 FOLLOWING UP.
Every possible care is taken that no child requiring treatment shall be allowed to continue
without it. Parents are notified in writing of all physical defects discovered in their
children during routine medical inspection, and those parents who take advantage of our
invitation and attend the inspection, receive verbal advice also. A special "Following-up"
card is then made out, and one of the School Nurses visits the home and explains how treatment
can be obtained. Further visits are paid from time to time as may be necessary.
Nurses paid 810 visits in this connection during the year.
The most difficult feature of this work is the wilful neglect of certain parents whose
obstinacy fails to respond to persuasion. Such cases have to be referred to the Committee,
who generally decide to pass them on to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children.
The following is a list of the School Nurses' duties, with brief statistics relating to their
activities during the year under review.
DUTIES.
1. Attend Routine Medical Inspections at schools with the Medical Officer, and assist
in weighing and measuring children, etc.
2. Attend Re-inspections at schools with the Medical Officer.
3. " Following-up " as outlined above.
4. Attend Eye Clinics.
5. Attend Minor Ailments Inspection Clinics with Medical Officer.
6. Attend Minor Ailments Treatment Clinics and undertake daily treatments.
7. Attend Dental Clinics.
8. Attend Dental Inspections at Schools.
9. Visit Schools and inspect all children for uncleanliness (Cleanliness Survey).
10. Attend Clinics for re-inspection of dirty children (Cleanliness Clinics).
11. Visit children's homes for enquiries in cases of non-notifiable infectious disease.
12. Visit homes of children who fail to attend Clinics or attend irregularly.
Summary of School Nurses' work during 1932.
Attendances.
Routine Medical Inspections 218
Re-inspections 30
Eye Clinics 113
Minor Ailments Inspection Clinics (with Medical Officer) 175
,, ,, Treatment Clinics 987
Dental Inspections 16
,, Clinics 553
Cleanliness Surveys 71
Cleanliness Clinics 52
Other Attendances (Special Clinics, Med. Exam, of Teachers, School Sports,
etc.) 29
Visits.
Re Infectious Disease 2593
Re Clinic Absentees 202
Following up 810
Other Visits 26
8 MEDICAL TREATMENT.
{a). Minor Ailments.
The Minor Ailments Clinics have again proved to be a very active feature of the School
Medical Service, and here, as in other branches of our work, the results of an increasing school
population continue to be much in evidence.
The Clinics are open at 9 a.m. every week-day throughout the year for the treatment of
minor ailments at the following centres : —
Hounslow—Clipstone House, 92, Bath Road.
Heston—The Village Hall.
Isleworth—The Public Hall.
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