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MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Provision has been made at the central Clinic for the treatment
of minor ailments, of eye defects, of oral sepsis and of
dental caries, of enlarged tonsils and adenoids and of discharging
ears. Dr. Morison, Consulting Radiologist to the Royal Northern
Hospital, applies X-ray treatment at his private residence to
all cases of ringworm of the scalp referred to him. A special
clinic for the treatment by ionization of discharging ears has
been in operation during the year with very gratifying results.
So far no arrangements have been made for the treatment
by ultra violet radiation of certain conditions in school children
known to benefit by the application of these rays. It is hoped
that before long some provision of this sort will be available in
the Borough.
(a) Minor Ailments.—It will be seen in Table IV. A. that
848 cases of minor illness received advice or treatment during the
year at the various clinics. Special reference has been made
on page 4 to the increased facilities for the daily treatment of
minor ailments that have been in force during the last two
months of 1925.
Two medical practitioners attended on 83 occasions at the
central Clinic to examine children referred there for special
inspection and investigated 2,022 separate defects. All sorts
of cases were dealt with at these inspections, the most common
complaints being defects of the nose and throat, debility, anaemia
and malnutrition, bronchitis and enlarged neck glands. There
is no doubt as to the popularity of these medical sessions, and
one of their great advantages is that many children come under
medical supervision much earlier than would be the case had
Head Teachers and parents to wait for medical advice till such
time as routine medical inspections were carried out in the
various schools.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.—At the Clinic 138 children were
operated on for enlarged tonsils and adenoids, while 73 other
children received similar treatment elsewhere. All possible precautions
are taken with regard to the cases dealt with at the
Clinic. The patients are conveyed to their homes by ambulance
in the company of a nurse, and should any child appear to be
suffering unduly from the effects of the operation arrangements
are made for his, or her, admission to the Cottage Hospital