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ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC
Mr. Leon Gillis, F.R.C.S., Consulting Orthopaedic Surgeon, held 23
sessions at which 91 children attended.
In the Physiotherapy Department 539 children received treatment,
and 1,664 ultra-violet light treatments were given.
SKIN CLINIC
Dr. Deville, Specialist Consultant in Skin Diseases, held weekly sessions
in Paget Ward at the Barking Hospital, and saw 347 children. The
attendances for treatment totalled 2,943.
PAEDIATRIC CLINIC
Dr. S. B. Dimson, Children's Specialist Consultant, held fortnightly
clinics throughout the year, and 91 new cases were seen by him.
SPEECH THERAPY
The Speech Therapy Clinic continued to be held in the Paget Ward of
Barking Hospital, although owing to the illness of the Speech Therapist it
was necessary to close the clinic for two to three months in the early part
of the year. The total attendances of 955 were therefore not so high as they
would otherwise have been.
FOOT CLINICS
Three hundred and forty-three new cases were treated at the Foot
Clinics during the year, a total of 1,041 treatments being given.
UNCLEANLINESS INSPECTIONS
Out of a total of 20,366 uncleanliness inspections in schools by Health
Visitors and School Nurses 423 pupils were found to be unclean; 21 pupils
were cleansed at the clinics.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
During 1951 the following cases of infectious diseases among school
children were notified:—
Scarlet Fever 58
Whooping Cough 108
Measles 652
Poliomyelitis
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