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8. Revisits must be made, if necessary. 
9. In visiting homes, instruction shall be given by the school nurse 
to the mothers, for cleansing heads, and where necessary, the instruc- 
tions may be practically demonstrated. Whenever necessary, children 
should be urged to go to a doctor or dispensary for treatment, when 
they are excluded for diseases that cannot be treated at home by ‘the 
nurse, or parents. 
to. Cases of trachoma shall never be treated by the nurse. All 
cases of trachoma should be referred and urged to go for treatment to 
the Department Eye Hospital, at Gouverneur Street and East River. 
11. Notes shall not in any case be sent to parents. School nurses 
shall visit homes whenever instruction is necessary. 
12. If by reason of illness or other cause the school nurse is unable 
to attend to her duties, she must notify the Department of Health at 
once by telephone, telegram, or special messenger. This notification 
must be followed within three hours by a written application for leave 
of absence. When the school nurse is ready to return to duty after 
leave of absence on account of illness or other cause, she must report 
in person to the chief inspector at the Department of Health, make out 
a second written application for leave of absence, stating definitely the 
dates during which she was away from duty, and in case of absence on 
account of illness, attach to the second application a certificate from 
her attending physician. 
Department of Health, New York City. 
INSTRUCTIONS TO NURSES. 
The following methods will hereafter be used in treating children 
sent to the nurse by the medical inspector of schools : 
Pediculosts—Saturate head and hair with equal parts kerosene and 
sweet oil, next day wash with solution of Potassium Carbonate~ (one 
teaspoonful to one quart of water) followed by soap and water. To re- 
move ‘‘nits,’’ use hot vinegar. 
Favus. Ringworm of Scalp—Mild cases: Scrub with Tr. Green Soap, 
epilate, cover with Flexible Collodion. Severe cases: Scrub with Tr. 
Green Soap, epilate, paint with Tr. Iodine and cover with Flexible Col- 
lodion. 
Ringworm of Face and Body—Wash with Tr. Green Soap and cover 
with Flexible Collodion. 
