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365 children with body vermin were found; 220
of these were bathed by their mothers or sisters
at the Council's Disinfecting Station, under the
supervision of the Nurses, and their clothing disinfected at
the same time. 41 houses were reported as dirty to the
Public Health Department and disinfected accordingly.
Much valuable work is done by the Nurses in home visiting;
1376 such visits were paid during the year, some of them to
follow up children found dirty and neglected, others to see
that treatment advised by the Medical Officers had been
carried out. All cases of Measles and Whooping Cough
notified by the teachers to the Public Health Department
were also visited, and advice given as to the need for care and
medical attention in these diseases. This need is not always
recognised, as is evidenced by the mother who was indignant
at the Nurse's visit when her child had Measles, as she had
"buried four children with it and so ought to know all about it."
But, on the whole, the Nurses are well received in the
homes, and their advice is frequently sought by the mothers,
whilst they have often been able to advise where help
was to be got in many a dire extremity, either from the
District Nurses, Poor Law, or some charitable agency, with
all of which agencies the officers connected with the work of
school medical inspection are in close touch.
In addition to the work described above, the Nurses
assist the Medical Officers at the routine inspections by
weighing and measuring the children, filling up the names
and other particulars on the schedules, and helping to get the
children's garments fastened and unfastened.