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The Mayor presided, and the Mayoress kindly distributed certificates to the
mothers of those children who had attended the Centre regularly since infancy,
and who had recently attained the age of five years.
A number of certificates were also distributed to those children who had
recently been immunised against diphtheria.
Minor Ailments.
The Minor Ailments Clinic has been carried on as usual on Tuesday and Friday
afternoons. One hundred and forty-eight patients attended the clinic making 362
attendances.
The ailments dealt with were chiefly among children and included otorrhæa,
conjunctivitis, impetigo, ringworm, cuts, grazes and burns, sores, sore buttocks
and constipation. Some were treated for such conditions as mastitis, tonsillitis,
wax in ears causing deafness, and varicose veins.
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) Homoeopathic 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.