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The attendance at the Minor Ailment Clinics during the year
was 4,972 in 1952 as compared to 5,515 in 1951. The clinics are
well attended and perform a useful function in lightening the load
on hospital out-patient departments and overworked General
Practitioners, by treating the minor infections and accidents of
children.
The Minor Ailment Clinic now also forms a useful centre for
the fuller assessment of problems which cannot be adequately
assessed during the hurly burly of a routine medical examination.
A large number of behaviour problems and functional conditions
such as bed wetting are now coming to these centres for treatment
or referral to the Child Guidance Centre and Hospital Out-Patient
departments.

ASTHMA EXERCISE CLINIC.
In April 1951, a clinic was started at the Ravenor Park Health
Centre, to help School children thought to be suffering from Asthma.
Since then clinics have commenced at the Laurel House, Greenford
Green and Islip Manor Health Centres. In addition to Asthma,
children suffering from respiratory infections, frequent colds, allergic
rhinitis and malformations of the chest have been treated.
The Clinic was primarily concerned with the effect of remedial
breathing exercises upon the Asthmatic child and originally these
exercises were the only form of therapy given. However, with
the opening of new clinics and the increase in the number of patients,
additional treatment was suggested.