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Minor Ailments clinic
Arrangements were continued at the Municipal Child Welfare Centre, 10, John
Street, for the treatment of minor ailments in children up to 5 years of age. The
Clinic opened on the 12th April, 1925; it has been held every Tuesday and Friday
afternoon to deal with such minor ailments as ringworm, impetigo, scabies, intertrigo,
sores, cuts, grazes, burns, blepharitis, conjunctivis, ear discharge, etc.
The Clinic is under the supervision of the Medical Officer of the Maternity and
Child Welfare Centre and a qualified nurse is in attendance.
Medical Inspection and Treatment of School Children.
The medical inspection and treatment of children attending Public Elementary
Schools in Holborn is carried out by the London County Council.
The following treatment Centres are provided under the L.C.C. Schemes: —
(1) Finsbury Centre, Spencer Street, Goswell Road.
(2) Moorfields Ophthalmic Hospital, City Road.
(3) Soho Centre, Gerrard Street.
(4) Lancing Street Centre, Lancing Street, N.W. 1.
(5) Cleansing Station (Scabies) Children's Baths, Central Street, E.C. 1.
Centres are also provided at the following Hospitals and Dispensaries: —
(1) St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
(2) Bloomsbury Dispensary.
(3) Central London Ophthalmic Hospital.
(4) Central London Throat and Ear Hospital.
(5) Dental Hospital.
(6) Homoepathic Hospital.
(7) Hospital for Sick Children.
(8) Italian Hospital.
(9) Metropolitan Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital.
(10) Middlesex Hospital.
(11) Royal Free Hospital.
(12) Tuberculosis Dispensary, University College Hospital.
(13) University College Hospital.
We endeavoured to co-operate with the Education Authority by giving
information respecting children suffering from infectious disease and child contacts
attending public elementary schools.