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If the treatment required is beyond the scope of domestic
measures the family Doctor or Hospital is advised. Both home
and school visits are made in the course of following-up and the
case is not relinquished until adequate improvement is obtained.
Children requiring new glasses are followed up by one of the
School Nurses attached to the area, until glasses are obtained,
and these are re-inspected by the Doctor within three months.
Cases of recovery from Ringworm treated by X-Rays are reinspected
at the Clinics.
All cases recommended for treatment, and those recommended
for observation only, form the basis of the Doctor's re-inspection
which takes place at a subsequent visit to the school.
The following Table gives a summary of work of the Nurses,
in the process of following-up during the year:—
Total number of children visited at home or school 17998
Total number of hours spent by Nurses in visiting 3521
Number of Re-inspections by School Doctors of
tary school children 7335
(8) Medical Treatment.
(a) MINOR AILMENTS.
There are a good many minor ailments among school children
for which the poor parents in this Borough will not seek medical
aid from a private Doctor or Hospital. For such, the Clinics
are provided and teachers are empowered to send all such children
who fall into this category to the School Clinics by means of the
Clinic attendance cards which are provided for the purpose.
These minor ailments include such conditions as sores, slight
skin affections, impetigo, eczema, scabies, sore eyes and minor
cuts and bruises, also slight ear trouble and ringworm.
Table IV., group 1, gives the amount of treatment undertaken
at the School Clinics, as compared with that undertaken
privately.
(b) TONSILS AND ADENOIDS.
Arrangements have been made for the operative treatment of
these conditions with the following Institutions:—
(1) Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford.
(2) St. Mary's Hospital, Plaistow.
(3) The Children's Hospital, Balaam Street, Plaistow.
All cases are previously examined and recommended by one
of the Assistant School Medical Officers, and a voucher is given
on the appropriate Hospital. The child is also re-inspected after
operation.
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