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SCHOOL CLINICS
During the year 2,920 children were seen by the school medical officers and 6,445
attendances were made at nurses' clinics. The total number of attendances made by
school children at each of the minor ailment clinics during 1960 were as follows:—
Ashton Gardens 758
Bentry School 949
Becontree Avenue 1,604
Five Elms 2,370
Ford Road 1,678
King's Wood School 851
Leys 348
Oxlow Lane 770
Marks Gate 37
9,365
Other Treatment Given
New Cases Treated
By the
Authority
Otherwise
(a) Miscellaneous minor ailments
1,050
44
(b) Other
(1) Heart and rheumatic diseases
—
18
(2) Hernia
—
14
(3) Major respiratory diseases
—
16
(4) Major digestive diseases
—
71
(5) Major injuries
—
28
(6) Other major disease
—
52
(7) Enuresis
—
32
Total
1,050
275
Diseases of the Skin (Excluding Uncleanliness)
Number of new cases
treated during the year
By the
Authority
Otherwise
Ringworm (Scalp)
1
—
Ringworm (Body)
1
—
Scabies
—
—
Impetigo
12
2
Other Skin defects
891
8
Number of examinations made by Skin Specialists—5
60