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You have made special arrangements for the surgical treatment
of tonsils and adenoids, and, where necessary, your own nurses
conduct your little patients to and from the hospital. You have
also provided facilities for the cleansing of verminous children
and the inspection of the children at your schools for cleanliness
is carried out by your nurses regularly three times yearly.
In addition to these activities, children's eyes are examined
specially to see if and whether they require glasses, and, where
necessary, glasses are prescribed and provided.
The dental service you have in operation deals comprehensively
with oral hygiene. Mr. Smyth attends every day of the week,
and very fortunately he undertakes not only the work for the
' school children, but also for the children under school age, which
latter work he carries out under the Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme administered by your Council.
Dr. Kennedy, of Plaistow, undertakes on your behalf the
X-ray treatment of ringworm, and your officers are in constant
touch with the various general hospitals in East London with
reference to defective and debilitating conditions that do not come
within the scope of your approved schemes.
Your officers, in their joint capacity, are able to co-ordinate
your work at the Municipal Hospital at Upney with school work,
so that the Infectious Fever Hospital is largely a children's hospital,
the work at which and the records of which are linked up with the
services more directly under your control.
During the past year an attempt has been made to lay the
basis of co-ordination between the various activities which are
undertaken under your supervision, and it has been found that the
first essential is a more comprehensive system of recording the
physical condition of the children under your charge This would
entail extra work.
It has been found also that with the medical service available
you are not deriving the maximum benefit from the various special