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One boy suffering from abdominal tuberculosis is in Hospital
at Margate, and another boy with a tubercular hip attends for
out-patient treatment. One boy is at the Treloar Home, Alton,
another is in Great Ormond Street Hospital. One boy who has
had tubercular tissue removed from his leg attends West Middlesex
Hospital twice weekly for electrical treatment. A girt with
a tubercular hip is at the Stanmore Branch of the Royal National
Orthopaedic Hospital, and a girl with a tubercular spine is in the
West Middlesex Hospital.
Crippled Children.
One girl is in a Home at St. Leonards. A boy attends the
Faroe Road Special School. Two boys and a girl are at elementary
schools. One girl is in the Orthopaedic Hospital, and another
in the Metropolitan Hospital. One boy is at home awaiting admission
to Stanmore, and a girl has recently been discharged from
the Royal Sea Bathing Home at Margate, which she still attends
for out-patient treatment.
Heart Disease.
One boy is at St. John's Open Air School, Woodford Bridge,
Essex, and another at the Edgar Lee Heart Home. Two boys are
in public elementary schools. One boy is at home waiting admission
to the Edgar Lee Home, and a girl is excluded from school
attendance and is under medical attention at home.
REPORT ON OPHTHALMIC CLINIC.
The work of the Ophthalmic Clinic went on regularly throughout
the year 1934.
At the school medical examinations and at the daily Minor
Ailment Clinic 404 children were found to be suffering from defects
of vision or other eye trouble, and these were referred to the Ophthalmic
Clinic.
Of this number, 34 were found to require no special attention,
36 refused treatment or left the district, and 16 obtained glasses
privately.
Glasses were prescribed and supplied to 318 school children
during the year.
8 Cases of external eye diseases received continuous treatment
at the Clinic, and 2 of these were referred to Hospitals for inpatient
treatment.