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During the year the Nurses paid 3,214 visits to the homes in connection
with the following:—
Uncleanliness 74 Mumps 635
Defective Vision, 266 Chicken-pox 127
Tonsils and Adenoids 199 Measles 47
Otorrhœa and Deafness 250 Scarlet Fever 363
Impetigo 12 Scabies 9
Defective Teeth 952 Ringworm 13
Whooping Cough 60 Various 207
The following is a summary of the School Nurses' work apart from
home visits and routine medical inspection:—
Total number of visits to schools 398
Average number of visits for the year to each school 9
Total number of examinations for uncleanliness (Section
122, Children's Act) 105,544
Number of children found unclean 3,055
Number of notices sent to parents under the above Act 259
At the close of the school year, there were 2,419 children on the
School Nurses' "Head Lists.''
8. MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Minor Ailments are dealt with on four mornings and two
afternoons weekly. They embrace a considerable number of conditions,
the principal being Contagious and other Sores, External Eye Diseases,
Ringworm, and slight injuries received in the playing field or yard.
A small charge is made for Ointments given, but not for treatment.
During the year 29 cases of Ringworm of the Head as compared
with 47 in 1920 were treated by X Rays.
Varying charges according to the economic circumstances of the
parents are made for this form of treatment.
The maximum period of exclusion from school of children so dealt
with was 126 days and the minimum 28 days.
The average time from treatment to resumption of school work,
worked out for all the cases, was 51 days.
From the view of School Attendance X Ray treatment has a good
deal to recommend it—efficiency and quickness of result.
Prejudice against it on the part of the parents is much less than
formerly.