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14
CLINICS.
For Children Under Five.
The Council has a Welfare Centre in Cornwall
Avenue (as well as a Branch Centre at St. Matthew's
Institute, Hereford Street) at which a variety of
work, including Infant Consultations, Dental Clinic,
Light Clinic, etc., is carried on. This work is discussed
in the Maternity and Child Welfare Section
of this Report.
For School Children.
These are under the control of the London
County Council.
By the courtesy of Sir Frederick Menzies, School
Medical Officer, L.C.C., I have been furnished with
the following information concerning local arrangements
for the medical treatment of school children:
Ailment New Cases Attendances
Minor Ailments 1,868 18,253
Eyes 458* —
Teeth 1,266 2,687
*Spectacles were prescribed in 247 cases and obtained in
185 cases.
DENTAL INSPECTION.
2.119 children were inspected by dentists and 1,667
found to require treatment.
Further particulars as to the medical inspection of
Bethnal Green School children will be found on page 53.
DAY NURSERIES.
There is only one Day Nursery in the
Borough, the Bethnal Green Day Nursery, Somerford
Street, which belongs to a voluntary society.
I have been furnished with the following information
concerning its work.
Accommodation 30
Total attendances 5,952
Average attendance 27.0
Fifteen children were sent away to a Holiday Home for
3 weeks, while 3 cots at convalescent homes in the country have
been continously used for suitable cases.
A medical officer attends the nursery every fortnight. The
nursery escaped any infectious illness during the year.