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special clinics to the Tuberculosis Dispensary at 37,
Linton Road. The Tuberculosis Dispensary is run in
close touch with the open-air classes of the Special
School, arrangements being made through the Essex
County Council for appropriate cases being admitted to
hospital or sanatorium.
7. Ringworm Clinic.—Attendance by arrangement at the
rooms in Plaistow of the Radiologist, Dr. A. Kennedy.
8. Orthopaedic Clinic.—Massage, electricity, radiant heat,
remedial exercises, etc., are provided for cripples and
others at the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Special School
during six sessions per week, when the masseuse is in
attendance. Artificial sunlight treatment now forms
part of the treatment of rickets, surgical tuberculosis,
and various other debilitating conditions. 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 orthopaedic surgeon
for purposes of examining rew cases and those undergoing
treatment. When necessary children from the Orthopaedic
Clinic are admitted to Brookneld Orthopaedic Hospital,
Walthamstow, and Queen's Hospital, Hackney, for
operation or other special surgical treatment, facilities
also existing for X-ray examination at the latter institution.
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—No charge.
(d) Minor Ailments—1/- per 3 monttis alter 14 days free
treatment.
(e) Dentistry—6d. per extraction, and 1/- fillings or wiring.
(f) Orthopaedic Treatment—No charge.