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Medical Treatment.
(a) Minor Ailments.
The Minor Ailments Clinic at Bourchier House, East
Finchley, is open every morning from 8.30 a.m., and the
clinic at the Congregational Hall, North Finchley, is open
every Friday morning from 9 a.m. The School Medical
Officer sees cases at North Finchley every Friday, and at
Bourchier House every Monday and Thursday, and at such
other times as may be necessary.
Eight hundred and seventy-nine children received treatment
at these clinics during the year, making 8,172
attendances, as compared with 766 children making 7,525
attendances in 1932.
(b)Tonsils and Adenoids.
Twenty children were operated on for tonsils and
adenoids at the Finchley Memorial Hospital. The arrangement
whereby the children are detained in Hospital for two
day's following the operation is greatly appreciated by the
parents, and it minimises the risk of haemorrhage and sepsis
which are apt to occur when children are taken home immediately
after operation.
(c) Tuberculosis.
All cases of tuberculosis occurring among school children
are referred to the Tuberculosis Officer of the Middlesex
County Council.
(d) Skin Disease.
The treatment of cases of skin disease is carried out at
the Minor Ailments Clinics; 410 children were treated during
the year.
Ringworm of the Scalp.
Five cases were submitted to treatment by X Rays at
University College Hospital.
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