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Medical Treatment.
(a) Minor Ailments.
The Clinic at Bourchier House is open every morning
from 8.30 a.m. and the clinic at Summerside School on
Tuesday afternoons. On occasions the number of patients
has been so large as to necessitate a second weekly session
which has been held on Friday afternoons.
One thousand, three hundred and forty children received
treatment at these clinics during the year, making 9,417
attendances, as compared with 1,468 children making 9,705
attendances in 1936.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.
Twenty-four children were operated on for tonsils and
adenoids at the Finchley Memorial Hospital. The arrangement
whereby the children are detained in Hospital for two
days following the operation is greatly appreciated by the
parents, and it minimises the risk of hasmorrhage 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 ; 353 children were treated during
the year.
Ring-worm of the Scalp.
One case of ringworm of the scalp was found in 1937
and it was submitted to treatment by X-Rays.
(e) External Eye Disease.
Children suffering from external eye disease are treated
at the Ophthalmic Clinic and at the Minor Ailments Clinics;
125 children were treated during the year.
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