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(6) Following-Up.
At the time of Medical Inspection a following-up card is made
out for all children requiring treatment for any defects found. If
the case is one requiring Clinic or Hospital treatment the child
is followed up by home visits made by one of the School Nurses.
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 children and their glasses are re-inspected by the Doctor
within three months.
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 10121
Total number of children visited at school 8255
Total number of hours spent by Nurses in visiting 3071
(7) Arrangements for Treatment.
(a) MALNUTRITION.
Tables II. in the Appendix set out the number of Malnutrition
cases found at Routine and Special inspections. These children
are dealt with in various ways, such as admission to a Day
or Residential Open-air School, periods of convalescence (which
is arranged through the Medical Officer of Health's Department),
and the provision of free meals in necessitous cases.
Voluntary Milk Schemes are now being operated in all Elementary
Schools. Since the reduction in the price of milk from
1d. to ½d. per bottle the weekly consumption increased from
32,000 bottles in October, 1934, to 125,000 bottles at the time of
writing this report, and whereas one child in every six in average
attendance was taking milk, the ratio now has increased to two
children in every three.
(b) UNCLEAN LI NESS.
Dirty and verminous children found at Routine Inspection,
Special Inspections and Cleanliness Surveys are followed up at
their homes until clean. A certain number, with the parents'
consent, are cleansed at the School Clinics.
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