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from the various schools. We are much indebted to the teachers for t/heir kind
and invaluable co-operation. It. is they who establish in the minds of the children
a "health conscience."
Health Poster Designs.
Children in the elementary schools were also again invited to enter a
competition in the designing of health posters. About 90 designs were submitted
from four schools. Three prizes were awarded, two going to St. Peter's School and
one (for juniors) to St. George-the-Martyr School. Arrangements were made for
children from the various schools to see the posters at the Child Welfare Centre,
No. 10, John Street.
Minor Ailments.
The Minor Ailments Clinic has been carried on as usual on Tuesday and Friday
afternoons. One hundred and fifty-six patients attended the clinic making 288
attendances.
As usual the chief ailments of the children were those which come under the
heading of sores, which includes impetigo. The children with these ailments
made 81 of the 288 attendances. Next in number came umbilical hernia (42),
conjunctivitis (30), constipation (19). Other ailments dealt with were cuts,
grazes, burns, ear discharge and wax in ear, ring worm, nasal catarrh, etc. Among
the mothers such complaints as mastitis, tonsillitis and leucorrhoea have received
treatment.
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.