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ment to a local doctor who is an expert at X-Ray work, and they
are treated by him with X-Rays. This is by far the most satisfactory
method of treatment, and it has already resulted in a
diminution of the number of cases of this condition. During the
year 24 children received X-Ray Treatment for ringworm of the
scalp; eleven of these were treated by our specialist, and the remainder
at one of the London Hospitals.
Impetigo.—This is treated successfully at the School Clinic.
Scabies.—Children with scabies are treated at the cleansing
station. During the year 57 children underwent the treatment
there and attended on 619 occasions. In every case the Health
Department offered to disinfect free of cost the bedding and bedroom
at the house where the child lived. To cure a child of
scabies and to send it home to sleep in an infected bed is
obviously a waste of time and money.
Enlarged Lymphatic Glands.—The conditions such as septic
skin troubles which give rise to enlargements of the glands are
treated at the Clinic.
Mental Deficiency.—Children who can benefit by instruction
in a special non-residential school are sent to the school in Finchlev
which is shared by Finchley, Wood Green and Hornsey.
GENERAL REVIEW OF HOME CONDITIONS
AND EMPLOYMENT.
Home Conditions.—Reference has already been made to the
influence which sanitary circumstances have on the health of
children. The unpaved yard, the manure heap, the defective
drain, the unclean and over-crowded house, all take their toll
during the year of the health and lives of the children. The
School Medical Officer, the Sanitary Inspectors and the Nurses
have had occasion during the year frequently to visit the homes
in which the school children live; and any defects found that
were prejudicial to health were remedied under the various Public
Health Acts.