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Treatment of Defects.
The minor ailments clinics which were held at all the six
health clinics in the Borough dealt with most of the children
referred for treatment of conditions classified in Table III, Group 1 of
the statistical tables. 9,505 attendances were made during the
year.
Defective Vision and Squint.
Eye Clinics continued to be held at the Mattock Lane and
Ravenor Park Health Clinics under the direction of the Ophthalmic
Surgeon, Mr. Freeman Heal. As has already been mentioned, the
revised arrangements in connection with the coming into effect
of the National Health Service Act on July 5th, 1948, necessitated
the abolition of the special arrangements for the expeditious supply
and repair of spectacles for school children, and the cessation of the
treatment hitherto provided for Maternity and Child Welfare cases.
1,480 errors of refraction were dealt with. This figure includes
cases of squint but does not include other defects or diseases of the
eyes.
In addition the following cases were referred to hospital :
For squint operation 2
For Wasserman 1
Corneal Ulcer 1
Corneal Opacities 1
TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.
At the commencement of the year there were well over two
hundred children on the waiting list for the operative treatment
of tonsils and adenoids. As has been mentioned in the opening
remarks of this report, arrangements were made with the Ealing
and Brentford & Chiswick Hospitals Committee, and, after July
5th, with the South West Middlesex Hospital Management Committee,
for these operations to be performed at the Clayponds
Isolation Hospital, and 301 cases were dealt with in this way.
The ear, nose and throat clinics were conducted as usual at two
of the main health centres in the Borough by the Otologist, Mr.
Arthur Miller, F.R.C.S., and a summary of his work for the year
is set out below.
During 1948, 1,104 attendances were made at the Mattock
Lane and Ravenor Park Ear Clinics. Of these, 980 attendances were
made by school children referred from the Minor Ailment Clinics
and school inspection, and 124 from the Child Welfare Centres.