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at school is causing concern. They also provide the school medical officer with a
further opportunity to investigate any defect noted at routine medical examinations
at school.
Sessions are held at each of the Council's clinics at least once a week.
Attendances during the year were:
Avenue Road 613
Abbey Parade 128 Laurel House 338
Brentside 106 Mattock Lane 507
Cherington House 772 Northcote 514
Cloister Road 119 Northolt Grange 435
Greenford Green 138 Peri vale 260
Islip Manor 309 Pierrepoint Road 471
Jubilee Gardens 156 Ravenor Park 743
King Street 420 Trinity Way 215
Asthma Clinic
Special sessions for children suffering from asthma and bronchitis are held
at five of the Council's clinics, where group therapy is given under the guidance of
a physiotherapist. These children have not developed good breathing habits and
breathing exercises have been found to reduce the attacks of asthma and bronchitis.
Asthmatic attacks understandably give rise to parental anxiety which often unfortunately
cause the child to be over clothed, over protected, and to have unnecessary
limitations placed on his activities. At the Asthma Clinic parents are advised on the
best needs of an asthmatic child.
During the year, 1045 attendances were made.
Chiropody Clinics
In so far as school children are concerned, chiropody is almost exclusively the
treatment of verrucae. This persistent and widely spread condition among school
children is a type of wart which forms on the sole of the foot and if untreated
becomes very painful. The treatment, although not difficult, is time-consuming.
Six sessions a week are held at clinics throughout the Borough.
Details of attendances during 1966 are:-
New cases seen 342
Re-examinations 2,720
Total attendances 3,062
Foot Health Advisory Clinics
These are complementary to the screening procedure for feet already mentioned,
and have similarly had to be discontinued due to staff shortage.
Speech Therapy Clinics
It will be readily appreciated that defective speech, even of a minor degree,
by virtue of its interference with communication presents considerable difficulty
in the education of a child.
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