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Medical Officer, L.C.C., I have been furnished with the
following information concerning local arrangements
for the medical treatment of school children.
"The only school treatment centre in the Borough is
situated at the St. James-the-Less Dispensary, St. James's
Road, Bethnal Green. At this centre special departments are
arranged for the treatment of eye (refraction) cases, dental
cases and for children suffering from minor ailments.
"The ophthalmic surgeon attends the centre on one
session a week and during the year 445 children were treated.
Spectacles were prescribed in 300 cases and in 221 cases
spectacles were obtained.
"The dentist visits the centre on eleven sessions a
fortnight, and the schools on one session a fortnight, to
inspect the children's mouths. During the year 2,411 children
were inspected in the schools and 1,925 or 79.8 per cent
were found to require treatment. The number of children
treated at the centre was 1,361 and 2,818 attendances were
made.
"In the minor ailments department the doctor attends
on two sessions a week, and two nurses are in attendance daily.
During 1933, the number of children treated was 2,220, and
28,761 attendances were made."
DAY NURSERIES.
There are two Day Nurseries in the Borough, both
belonging to voluntary societies:—
(i) Bethnal Green Day Nursery, Somerford Street.
(ii) Pro Patria Day Nursery, Bishops Road.

Certain of the children attending the Somerford
Street Day Nursery also attend the Council's Welfare
Centre every week for light treatment and 15 of them
were sent away to the country for a fortnight's holiday
in August.