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Ringworm of the Scalp constitutes a most difficult problem
to be dealt with, necessitating in most cases the services of a
competent radiologist, the consensus of opinion now being that
treatment other than by X-rays is of very doubtful utility, necessitating
even if successful a protracted period of exclusion from
school—six months or more. For parents who consent to X-ray
treatment this is carried out by Dr. Kennedy, who, upon receiving
instructions, makes appointments directly with the parents of the
child, inspects the child after epilation and in due course advises
me when the child is lit to resume attendance at school.
As previously, the cleansing station proved a valuable adjunct
in the treatment of Scabies, 20 cases being dealt with during the
year.
Dental Defects.—Statistics dealing with the year's work will
be found under Table IV, Group IV, of the Appendix, while the
Dental Surgeon's report appears separately on pages 34 to 30.
Crippling Defects and Orthopaedics.—This subject has been
specially dealt with by Mr. Whitchurch Howell, F.R.C.S.,
Orthopaedic Surgeon, whose report appears separately on pages 31
to 33. Ten monthly visits were paid by Mr. Howell during the
year, while 244 sessions of 3 hours were attended by the masseuse.
11 children were treated by massage, 4 by electricity, and 31 by
re-educational exercises, while 7 children were admitted to Brookfield
Orthopaedic Hospital or Queen's Hospital, Hackney, for
special surgical treatment. Ultra violet light forms part of the
routine treatment for many conditions of children of and under
school age, 18 of the former and 73 of the lattei being so treated
during the year.
Total attendances at this Clinic during the year numbered
2515.