[Report 1922] / School Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich.

  • West Bromwich (England). Council.
Date:
1922
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Credit: [Report 1922] / School Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SCHOOL NURSES. The Staff of the District Nursing Association under the able supervision of Miss Robinson, continued to give efficient service as School Nurses. The number of sessions put in by the Nurses at the Central and Sub-Clinics increased to 1441, and in addition 941 visits were paid to the homes of 321 children for the purpose of looking up defects, instructing parents, and in treating cases temporarily unable to attend the clinics. As in the previous year each school department was visited 3 times by Miss Robinson and the Nurse in whose district the school was situated, for the purpose of inspecting the “ clean¬ liness ” of each child in the department. The nurse made subsequent visits to ensure that the dirty cases had been cleansed in accordance with instructions, and if not, to send them up to the Central Clinic to be seen by the School Medical Officer. The total time put in by the Nurses during the year was equivalent to 1886 sessions showing that the demand on their time has slightly increased. The quality of the work put in is still of a very high order, and is worthy of the utmost praise. REMEDIAL EXERCISES. This class of treatment, carried out during the year by Miss Fisher, a trained masseuse, shows a considerable increase, and for the first time since its initiation this treatment was uninterrupted except for the school holidays. The number and nature of cases under treatment during the year is as follows :— Mouth Breathers Spinal Curvature Infantile Paralysis Unresolved Pneumonia Heart Affections Flat Foot Torticollis (Wry Neck) 11 11 3 3 5 3 2 Total ... 38 24 children were under treatment at the end of 1921, and 14 children were added to the list during the year. 16 were discharged, 7 on attaining school leaving age, and 9 as cured or