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All cases which are not indicated as cured will continue to
attend the class until ultimately cured or until material benefit
is obtained.
(h) Convalescent Treatment.—The arrangements for convalescent
treatment described in the report for 1935 were continued,
and during the year 31 children were sent to the Russell Cotes
School of Recovery, Parkstone, and 10 children to Collington
Manor, Bexhill. The usual period of residence is six weeks with
extension to twelve weeks when this is deemed advisable. In
addition, the King Edward Memorial Convalescent Home Fund
provided eight children with a holiday of two weeks' duration in
the summer months at Collington Manor.
In the Annual Report for 1936 attention was drawn to the
good results obtained in most cases in which convalescent treatment
was provided and to the fact that the number of places provided
for school children was insufficient. After that report was submitted
steps were taken to secure two more places for boys and two for
girls and although they were not available before the end of the
year they have since then been utilised.
(i) Diphtheria Immunization.—The arrangements for the
immunization of children against diphtheria were detailed in the
report for 1935.
During the year the school children Schick tested totalled
312, of which number 46 were found to be Schick negative and
therefore not to require treatment. Children under five years of
age referred for immunization from the Child Welfare department
numbered 397. These children received the two injections without
the preliminary Schick test. Schick tests were applied subsequently
to immunization in 515 cases to determine its effectiveness
when 14 were still found to be susceptible and were therefore
re-immunized.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The returns forwarded each week by the head teachers giving
particulars of all new cases of non-notifiable infectious disease
coming to their knowledge included 427 cases of measles, 697 of
whooping cough, 764 of chickenpox and 925 of mumps.