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7. Ring-worm Clinic.- Attendance at the rooms in Ilford of
the X-ray operator by arrangement.
8. Orthopaidic clinic.—Massage, electricity, radiant heat,
remedial exercises, etc., are provided for cripples and
others at the Orthopaedic clinic of the Special School
during three sessions per week, when a masseuse is in
attendance. Artificial sunlight treatment is being installed
as part of the now recognised treatment for
rickets, surgical tuberculosis, and various other debilitating
states. Advantage is taken of the facilities provided
at this clinic by the Public Health Committee for
children under school age by arrangement with the
Education Committee. Monthly visits to the clinic-are
paid by the orthopaidic surgeon for purposes of examining
fresh cases and those undergoing treatment.
Where necessary children from the Orthopaidic Clinic
are admitted to Brookfield Orthopaedic Hospital, Walthamstovv,
and Queen's Hospital, Hackney, for operation
or other special surgical treatment.
Payment for Clinic Treatment.—By instruction of the Board
of Education, the following scale of charges has been made :—
(a) Spectacles—2/9 per pair.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids operations-—5/- per operation.
(c) X-ray Treatment—Xo charge.
(d) Minor Ailments—1 /- per 3 months after 14 days free
treatment.
(e) Dentistry—6d. per extraction, and 1/- fillings or wiring.
(f) Orthopeedic Treatment—Xo charge.
Free medical treatment will continue to be given where
parents cannot afford to pay.
During 1925 payments made in accordance with scale
amounted to ,£.77 Gs. Gd. Without careful enquiry into circumstances
the process of charging is difficult, but it might be that