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was treated with X-rays. On the same date the total
number of Willesden school children who were reported as
suffering from ringworm was 130. Since then the Clinic
has been open every Saturday morning from 9.30 to 12.30,
with the exception of the Saturday after Christmas,
December 27th, and the number of children attending has
very materially increased on each occasion.
The average number attending on each Saturday is
13, the maximum being 26 on January 17th, 1914. The
total number of children who have attended up to
January 31st, 1914, is 120. The total number of attendances
made is 299.
Of the 120 children who have attended the Clinic, 87
were suffering from ringworm of the scalp, 18 from ringworm
of other parts and 15 were found not to be suffering
from ringworm at all.
Up to January 31st, 1914, 50 children had been discharged
as cured. Of these 28 had been treated with X-rays,
and 22 by other means. All the children who were treated by
X-rays had been suffering from ringworm of the scalp.
Of those who were treated by other means, five were suffering
from ringworm of the scalp, 11 from ringworm of other
parts and six were cured when first examined.
On January 31st, 1914, the total number of Willesden
school children suffering from ringworm was 68. Of this
number 59 were under treatment at the Committee's Clinic
and nine by other agencies, which includes medical men in
private practice, hospitals, and others. It will be seen,
therefore, that on that date the numbers attending the Committee's
own Clinic greatly exceeded those attending
elsewhere.
As regards treatment it should be noted that ringworm
of the smooth parts is much more amenable to treatment