[Report 1922] / School Medical Officer of Health, Warrington County Borough.

Warrington (England). County Borough Council.

Date:: 1922

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Credit: [Report 1922] / School Medical Officer of Health, Warrington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Treatment in the Schools. In addition, under the Loical Authority’s Scheme, a large number of minor ailments are treated daily in the schools by the Nurses. e/ The amount of work done by them will be seen from the following table: — NUMBER OF DRESSINGS IN THE SCHOOLS. Boys. Girls. Totals. Impetigo scalp . 1,755 1,261 3,016 ,, skin. 10,808 9.201 20,009 Miscellaneous. 5,746 4,301 10,047 Eczema . 2,694 1,627 4,321 Eves ... 2,791 2,242 5,033 Ears . 3,531 1,556 5,087 27,325 20,188 47,513 The system under which the Nurses perform this work is outlined on pages 20 and 21 » All minor ailments not requiring exclusion of the child are dealt with promptly and a great deal of loss of school attendance is obviated. The benefit derived by the children from this closer supervision is marked. The large amount of work now done by the Nurses in the schools has greatly reduced the work in the Clinic. For instance, in 1918, 5,124 children made 39,991 attendances at the Treatment Clinic, compared with only 5G0 on 5,029 occasions in 1922. This means that there has been a very large saving in the number of school attendances lost.