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(ii) Operative Treatment of Tonsils and Adenoids.
In January, 1935, I submitted to the Education Committee
a special report in which I drew attention to the opinion of the
Board of Education that post-operative retention of patients in
hospital for at least one night should be arranged.
After consideration of that report your Committee decided
that arrangements be made for post-operative retention in hospital
for one night where necessary. Since that time recourse has been
had to overnight retention in hospital only in cases where the
hospital surgeon considers such retention necessary.
(iii) Medical Inspection and Treatment of Secondary School
Pupils.
In February, 1937—on the instruction of your Education
Authority—I submitted a special report with regard to the proposal
of the Essex County Council that your Authority should
undertake the medical and dental inspection and treatment of
County Secondary and Technical Schools in your area. After
furnishing detailed information regarding the increases, during
the past five years, in the health services generally and particularly
in the amount and intensity of medical inspection and treatment
of school children, I concluded my report as follows :—
" It will be seen that the present medical staff cannot
deal adequately with existing services, and could not undertake
the medical inspection and treatment of County Secondary
School Pupils unless your Council should decide to curtail
existing services and arrangements."
After consideration of that report your Authority decided—
" That the Essex Education Committee be informed that
the Authority are prepared to carry out the medical inspection
and treatment of pupils attending day schools for higher
education in Leyton, such arrangements to be made without
any increase in the medical staff and without additional equipment
; that no curtailment be made in the existing services
for elementary school children ; and that priority of treatment,
if necessary, be given to Leyton elementary school
children."