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(b) Two weekly sessions at the School Clinic by the Orthopaedic
Masseuse.
(c) Hospital treatment at the country branch of the E.N.O.H.
at Stanmore.
(d) Provision of surgical appliances, splints, etc.
The Orthopaedic Surgeon and Masseuse are on the staff of
the R.N.O.H. and therefore are in touch with both ends of
the work—at the School Clinic and at the Hospital—thus
securing continuity of treatment and supervision. The scheme
is working smoothly and is a very valuable and economical
extension of the work of the School Medical and Child Welfare
Services. The accommodation at the Clinic is cramped and
unsuitable, with the result that there are cases on the waiting
list. The new School Clinic will enable more work to be undertaken
without extra cost
(g) Stammering.
Miss Bains conducts a class twice weekly for the cure of
stammering and other defects of speech. In 1931 16 children
were under treatment at the beginning of the year; 4 children
were admitted to the class, and 10 children were discharged,
leaving under treatment 10 children at the end of the year.
It is of the utmost importance that children with defects
of speech should have the advantage of this specialist treatment
as soon as the defect is recognised. Valuable results are
obtained in relieving children of defects of speech which, if they
become fixed and permanent, are distressing to the person
affected and to his or her friends, colleagues and associates.
(h) Ringworm.
The treatment by X-rays of ringworm of the scalp is provided
by arrangement with a private practitioner who specialises in
this work. The number of cases requiring this treatment has
diminished steadily and is now nearly nil per annum.
(i) Medical Consultative Clinic.
Ample opportunity is provided at the School Clinic and the
Infant Welfare Centres for medical examination and advice (but
no medicine or medical treatment) to be given to any elementary
school child who presents any condition which appears to the
teacher or parent to prevent the child from obtaining full benefit
from the education provided.