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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, four hundred and sixty-eight children
received treatment at these clinics during the year, making
9,705 attendances, as compared with 1,327 children making
8,743 attendances in 1935.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.
Fourteen 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 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 ; 489 children were treated during
the year.
Ringworm of the Scalp.
Four cases of ringworm of the scalp were found in
1936. Two were submitted to treatment by X-Rays and two
were treated by their family doctor.
(e) External Eye Disease.
Children suffering from external eye disease are treated
at the Ophthalmic Clinic and at the Minor Ailments Clinics;
98 children were treated during the year.
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