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Barking 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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During the year a third clinic for the treatment of
minor ailments was inaugurated at the Porters Avenue
Centre, Porters Avenue. It has been shown, however,
that this Clinic has fulfilled a want in that area and
has only in a small measure relieved the overcrowding
at the Woodward Road Centre.
In all there were over forty-nine thousand attendances
at the minor ailments clinics during the year.
A summary of the work of the Minor Ailments
Clinics in respect of public elementary school children
is included in the following table :—
| Central Clinic. | Woodward Clinic. | Porters Avenue Clinic. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 1938 | 1937 | 1938 | 1937 | 1938 | |
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Children still continue to attend the Clinics, suffering
from skin diseases of both acute and chronic types. The
results of treatment have been satisfactory, but it is still
the practice to send the more chronic cases to the Skin
Department of the London Hospital with whom we
co-operate, and we have reason to be satisfied with
these results.
The treatment of Ringworm of the Scalp is still
undertaken by Dr. W. J. O'Donovan at the London
Hospital. Under this arrangement one school-child
was treated during the year.