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TREATMENT CLINICS.
There are three Minor Ailment Clinics in Enfield at which a
nurse attends every day. These clinics are held from 2 p.m. to 3.30
p.m. at Eastfield Road School and Lavender Road School, and from
9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. at Southbury Road School. Every new case
attending the Nurse's Clinic during the week is seen by one of the
Assistant School Medical Officers at the next Doctor's Clinic. One
attendance a week is made by the Assistant School Medical Officer
at Eastfield Road, Lavender Road and Southbury Road Clinics, and
an additional clinic is held on Wednesday mornings at the Southbury
Road Clinics by the Deputy Medical Officer of Health and Assistant
School Medical Officer.
The number of children that attended the minor ailment clinics
during 1938 was 4,098 and the total number of attendances was
28,043. The average attendance at the nurses' clinics was 36 (i.e.,
109 per day for the three clinics). At the School Medical Officers'
Clinics the average attendance was 43.
All children leaving school are given a medical examination
early during their last term so that defects may be remedied before
they leave. The result of this examination is entered upon a special
card which is sent to the Juvenile Employment Committee.
Table IV gives in detail the diseases dealt with at the Minor
Ailment Clinics.
Tonsils and Adenoids.—During the year, 572 cases of enlarged
or diseased tonsils and adenoids were seen at the clinics and referred
for treatment, and 282 cases were kept under observation. 393
children were operated on under the Authority's scheme and 65
were operated on by private arrangement.

Tuberculosis.—Four cases of suspected or definite pulmonary
tuberculosis were seen at the clinic during the year. Two children
were offered sanatorium treatment and accepted. All cases notified
in previous years were kept under observation, and some were
given convalescent treatment.