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107
Examined at Routine Inspection 4,112
Examined at Minor Ailment Clinics 4,098
Examined at Ophthalmic Clinic Only 228
Examined at Aural Clinic only 104
Examined at school leaving age for Juvenile Employment
Committee 871
Examined under Juvenile Employment Bye-laws 101
Examined under Mental Deficiency Act 38
Examined as contacts with infectious disease 986
Payments at the clinics were continued on the same lines as in
former years—i.e., a charge of twopence per week was made for
treatment at the Minor Ailment Clinic, and threepence per attendance
at the Dental Clinic (sixpence if gas is given). For spectacles and for
nose and throat operations parents are asked to sign a form of consent
and willingness to pay at least part of the cost before the child is
referred for treatment. In really necessitous cases the Local
Authority bears the whole cost. During the year the sum of
£372 17s. Od. was collected as follows:—
£ s. d.
Minor Ailment Clinics 4 6 0
For cost of spectacles 47 16 6
For convalescent treatment 90 2 6
For operations for tonsils and adenoids 172 2 0
For dental treatment 58 4 0
For provision of instruments 6 0
The Local Authority reserves four beds (two for boys and two
for girls) at the Russell-Cotes School of Recovery, Parkstone, Dorset.
The children are sent for a period of six weeks or longer; 14 girls
and 14 boys were sent during 1938.
During 1938 two beds were also reserved for a period of 6 months
at Collington Manor, Bexhill, and 4 girls and 3 boys were sent during
this period. Wherever possible, the Local Authority recovers part
of the cost of maintenance from the parent, but as most of the
children are drawn from really necessitous homes, the amount
recovered is comparatively small.
During the course of the year, in addition to the help set out
above, three children were supplied with surgical instruments, one
with an artificial eye, and seven children were sent to residential
schools other than the Russell-Cotes School or Collington Manor.
There was a total of 13 deaths among the school children during
the year. In 1937 there were 14. The causes of death during.
1938 were as follows:—
3 Pneumonia.
2 Cerebral Abscess.
1 Meningitis.