[Report 1915] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1915
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Credit: [Report 1915] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    84 SUMMARY of the Work of the SCHOOL NURSE during the year 1915. 434 visits have been paid to the various school departments. This nurpber is made up as follows :— 137 visits with the Medical Officer to assist at the routine inspection. 297 visits for other purposes—examination of children for cleanliness, &c. 1,387 visits and re-visits have been made to the homes of dirty children and children found on Medical Inspection to be suffering from some disease or defect. Visits were paid to all the schools for the purpose of giving instructions to the children, especially the girls, in personal clean- liness, the care of the hair, &:c., and 6,228 children were inspected for cleanliness. 29 visits have been made to the Ophthalmic Surgeon’s rooms to assist in the examination of children with defective vision, and in the case of the children examined by him (174) atropine has been introduced into the children’s eyes by the nurse on the day previous to examination.