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Defective colour vision could influence the choice of career and, for this reason,
colour vision testing is carried out in junior and senior schools.
SCHOOL CLINICS
The following school clinics are provided:-
General
Asthma
Chiropody
Speech Therapy
Ophthalmic
Orthopaedic
Child Guidance.
General School Clinics
To these clinics any parent or teacher may refer a child whose health or progress 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:-
Abbey Parade 149 Laurel House 473
Avenue Road 1,154 Mattock Lane 858
Cherington House 1,357 Northcote 724
Cloister Road 219 Northolt Grange 496
Greenford Green 237 Perivale 528
Islip Manor 454 Pierrepoint Road 641
Jubilee Gardens 497 Ravenor Park 975
King Street 230 Trinity Way 308
Asthma Clinics
Special sessions for children suffering from asthma and bronchitis are held at 4 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 overclothed,
overprotected, 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 1,065 attendances were made.
Chiropody Clinics
In so far as school children are concerned, chirpody 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.
Sessions are held at six clinics throughout the borough.
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