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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 is held every Tuesday and Friday
afternoon to deal with such minor ailments as ringworm, impetigo, scabies, intertrigo,
sores, cuts, grazes, burns, blepharitis, conjunctivitis, 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 tlie L.C.C. Schemes:—
(1) Finsbury Centre, Spencer Street, Goswell Road.
(2) Moorlields Ophthalmic Hospital, City Road.
(3) Solio 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 tile following Hospitals and Dispensaries:—
(1) St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
(2) Bloomsbury Dispensary.
(3) Central Londou Ophthalmic Hospital.
(4) Central London Throat and Ear Hospital.
(5) Dental Hospital.
(6) Homoeopathic Hospital.
(7) Hospital for Sick Children.
(8) Italian Hospital.
(9) Metropolitan Ear, Nose and Tnroat 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.
A suggestion has been made that possibly this co-operation might be extended
by facilities being given for the establishment at the Council's Maternity and Child
Welfare Centre, No. 10, John Street, of a Medical Inspection and Treatment
Centre for children attending elementary schools in the Borough. For some years
a Minor Ailments Clinic has been established at this Centre and this Clinic could
conveniently be made available for use by children of school age.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Committee have approved the suggestion
and it is probable that the matter will shortly be brought before the appropriate
Committee of the Educational Authority, the London County Council.