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TREATMENT CLINICS.
Tonsils and Adenoids:-
Number of cases seen at clinics 356
Number of cases operated under the Authority's Scheme 238
Ringworm.—Seventeen cases were seen and treated at the
clinics.
Impetigo.—One hundred and ninety cases were treated at
the clinics.
Scabies.—Forty-seven cases were seen.
Other Skin Diseases.—Sixty-seven cases were seen and treated
at the clinics.
Eye Diseases.—Two hundred and two cases were treated.
Ear Diseases.—One hundred and twenty-eight cases were
seen at the Minor Ailment Clinics.
Children examined after Scarlet Fever.—Seventy-eight children
were seen.
The total number of children examined during the year, excluding
those attending the Dental Department, was 7,746.
This number was made up as follows:—
Examined at Routine Medical Inspection 3,703
Examined at Minor Ailment Clinics 2,905
Examined at Ophthalmic Clinic 932
Examined at Aural Clinic 141
Examined under Juvenile Employment Bye-laws 17
Examined under Mental Deficiency Act 48
The following help was afforded to children who were found to
require it
Six children were sent to residential schools for physically
defective children.