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The Operations on the Throat are undertaken as
occasion requires, and arrangements are made with the
Operating Surgeon.
The advantages of the Clinic are becoming more and
more appreciated every year. Many parents bring their
children willingly and gladly. The children in the
schools themselves are becoming cleaner and freer from
minor ailments
949 children were sent to the Clinic either by
Teachers or parents for special examination as to their
fitness to attend school. Many of these had been suffering
from infectious disease or had been in contact with
such, and others with a simple enquiry as to the condition
of their general health.
A total of 696 children attended during the year, and
were treated for one or other of the following ailments:
Minor Ailments.
Under this are included slight injuries sustained at
school, or small sores the results of falling, children suffering
from swollen glands which proved to be Mumps,
and others suffering from Bronchial Catarrh, and such
cases as slight sore throats. These children we keep
under observation until they are fit to return to school.
208 children attended, and were treated under this
heading.
Tonsils and Adenoids.
During the first portion of the year 25 cases for
operation were undertaken at the Royal Free Hospital,
London, and when our own operating Clinic was opened
we undertook 54 cases successfully—a total of 79. The
children were operated upon at an afternoon session bv
Dr. Watney Roe, assisted by the Assistant School
Medical Officer, and the two school Nurses., The children
are those referred for such operation on the occasion
of the Routine Inspection, and are prepared accordingly.
They remain in the Rest-room safely tucked up
in bed with a Nurse in attendance for at least 2 hours