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Ringworm Cases.—438 cases of Ringworm came under
observation during the year, and it will be noted from the
Table, No. 56, that 416 received treatment during the year,
that no report was available in respect of 10 cases, and that
12 were not known to have received treatment.
In respect of the 416 cases receiving treatment, 293
were treated at the School Clinic, 54 at home, 21 at Voluntary
Hospitals, and 48 by private practitioners.
In respect of the 293 cases treated at the School Clinic,
205 were cured at the Clinic and 56 were still under treatment
there at the end of the year. The remaining 32 cases
were cured by other agencies or removed from observation
before treatment was completed, e.g., left Willesden, left
school over school age.
In no case treated by X rays has there been permanent
baldness or other ill-effects from the treatment.
The time elapsing on account of the long waiting list
before it has been possible to apply X rays has been less
this year than previously. At the end of the year no cases
desiring X ray treatment were obliged to be kept waiting.
The total number of attendances made by children at
the Ringworm Clinic during the year was 1,097. The
greatest number attending on any one day was 45, and the
average attendance on each morning on which the Clinic
was open throughout the year 24.
Eye Cases.—Table No. 56 shows that 897 cases of
Defective Vision, 135 cases of Squint, and 405 cases of
External Eye Disease, or a total of 1,437, came under
observation during the year as requiring treatment. Of this
number 1,298 received treatment, including 1,089 cases
which received treatment at the Eye Clinic. During the
year 4,577 attendances were registered at the Eye Clinic.
The greatest number attending on any one day was 51, and
the average attendance during the period in question was 22
on each day on which the Clinic was open.