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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, seven hundred and eighty children received
treatment at these clinics during the year, making
9,402 attendances, as compared with 1,340 children making
9,417 attendances in 1937.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.
Four children were operated on for tonsils and adenoids
at the Finchley Memorial Hospital under the Committee's
Scheme while 18 others whose parents contributed to the
Hospital Savings Association received treatment at various
hospitals.
(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; 464 children were treated during
the year.
Ringworm of the Scalp.
No case of ringworm of the scalp was discovered in
1938.
(e) External Eye Disease.
Children suffering from external eye disease are treated
at the Ophthalmic Clinic and at the Minor Ailments Clinics;
77 children were treated during the year.
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