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Minor Ailments:—Clinics are held daily for the treatment of children
suffering from minor ailments.
Ophthalmic Service:—A Specialist Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon attends
for the treatment of nursing and expectant mothers, children and adults.
The scheme includes the provision of spectacles. Treatment for the
correction of squint is provided by means of a synoptophore under the
direction of the Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon.
Orthopaedic Treatment:—Such treatment is provided under the direction
of a Specialist Consultant for children, expectant and nursing mothers,
and adults.
Pathological Service:—A pathological laboratory is maintained at the
Barking Hospital which supplements the facilities offered by the County.
It is charged with undertaking those examinations which can only be, or
which can be better, carried out locally.
Post-Natal Clinics:—These are held regularly and, where necessary, inpatient
treatment is provided.
Priority Dockets for Sheets:—These are supplied under the Government
Scheme to expectant mothers who are to be confined in their own home.
Scabies:—This is notifiable within the Borough and baths and out-patient
treatment is provided free of charge to all members of the public.
Skin Clinic:—Under the supervision of a Specialist Consultant in Skin
Diseases, treatment is provided for all members of the public.
Speech Therapy:—Treatment for speech defects is given to children on the
recommendation of the Council's Medical Officers.
Tonsils and Adenoids:—Surgical treatment is provided for children at three
local hospitals.
Ultra-Violet Light Treatment:—This is provided for all members of the
public.
X-Ray Treatment:—Such treatment is provided, where necessary, for skin
diseases. In addition, X-ray therapy is undertaken, where necessary, for
gynaecological patients.