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TREATMENT CLINICS.
There are three Minor Ailment Clinics in Enfield at which a
nurse attends every day. These clinics are held from 2 p.m. to
3.30 p.m. at Eastfield Road School and Lavender Road School,
and from 9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. at Southbury Road School. Every
new case attending the Nurse's Clinic during the week is seen by
one of the Assistant School Medical Officers at the next Doctor's
Clinic. One attendance a week is made by the Assistant School
Medical Officer at Eastfield Road, Lavender Road and Southbury
Road Clinics, and an additional clinic is held on Wednesday
mornings at the Southbury Road Clinic by the Deputy Medical
Officer of Health and Assistant School Medical Officer.
The number of children that attended the minor ailment clinics
during 1936 was 3,958 and the total number of attendances was
25,486. The average attendance at the nurses' clinics was 34
(i.e., 102 per day for the three clinics). At the School Medical
Officers' Clinics the average attendance was 41.
Although the average attendance at the Doctors' Clinics is
practically the same as last year, four clinics per week are now
being held, whereas until the beginning of the year only three
were held. There has really been a considerable increase in the
number of children attending the clinics.
All children leaving school are given a medical examination
early during their last term, so that defects may be remedied before
they leave. The result of this examination is entered upon a special
card which is sent to the Juvenile Employment Committee.
Table IV gives in detail the diseases dealt with at the Minor
Ailment Clinics.
Tonsils and Adenoids.—During the year 400 cases were seen
at the clinics and referred for treatment, and 219 cases were kept
under observation. Of these, 290 were operated on under the
Authority's scheme and 76 were operated on by private arrangement.
The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936.
Number of cases referred for
treatment 709 467 320 501 400
Number of cases operated
under the Authority's
scheme 295 224 224 331 290
Number of cases operated by
private arrangement 62 53 29 76 76