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The orthoptic clinic opened at Lordship Lane in June 1956,
has filled a great need for the people of Tottenham saving much
time and expense for parents who formerly took the children to
hospital. The clinic was inaugurated with six sessions weekly and
has expanded to nine sessions.
Extension of the work of the Cerebral Palsy Unit at Vale Road
School for the Physically Handicapped is mentioned later in the
report. During the previous year the Minister of Health gave
approval to the diagnostic and advisory functions of this unit
being extended to pre school children under Section 22 of the
National Health Service Act,
General Health and Infectious Diseases
The health of the school population was in general well
maintained during 1956 as is shown in the following table.- The
general condition of pupils is now classified as "satisfactory"
and "unsatisfactory" and not as "A", "B" or w, th e classification
used heretofore. This new assessment must be regarded as an
improvement the noting of a child as unsatisfactory is an immediate
stimulus to action by the doctor and health visitor concerned to
take steps to see that the child is restored to optimum health,