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HEALTH EDUCATION
During the year 236 talks were given by Health Visitors in Schools to pupils who
totalled 4,492 attendances.
Courses were commenced in Ruckholt Secondary Modern School in 1959. This is an
increase on the work in previous years,
ENEURESIS ALARMS
In 1959 one eneuresis alarm was purchased for each Clinic. Reports in the Medical
Journals and the local Paediatric Unit indicated that this method of treatment was
having some success, and it was considered desirable that such facilities should properly
be given from the School Clinic.
It is proposed to increase the number of alarms available at each Clinic to three,
as the waiting time between each case is never less than four weeks, and may be as long
as eight weeks. It is considered that if three are available at the Clinics we will be
able to cope more efficiently. If we consider this number is still insufficient more
alarms will be ordered.
Dr.Hinden, the Paediatrician at Whipps Cross Hospital, has recently asked for our
co-operation in the matter of treating the children with eneuresis. It would appear
that, because of the success of this new treatment, more parents are bringing the children
to the Clinics and asking for help„ So far the number of cases treated is too small
to be of any value statistically but there have been several quite dramatic improvements
in children of the 13-14 age group who had not reacted to any other type of
medical care both by the general practitioner and by hospitals, and the psychological
effect of achieving a dry bed has been very gratifying.
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