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treatment be obtained as soon as possible. Later, the Visitation
Officer visits the homes, and continues to visit at intervals until the
treatment recommended has been provided. The number of visits
paid during the year in following up defects found has been 1,970.
VI1.—ARRANGEMENTS FOR TREATMENT.
These arrangements have remained as in former years. Whereever
possible parents are expected to obtain treatment for their
children privately from the family doctor or at hospital. Where
family circumstances make this impossible, provision has been
made by the Education Committee for the treatment of certain
types of defect. At the School Clinic treatment is provided for
minor ailments, dental defects, and defects of vision, hearing and
speech. Tonsils and adenoids can be dealt with at the Prince of
Wales, the Royal Northern or the North Middlesex Hospital: ultraviolet
light treatment may be obtained at the North Middlesex or
the Royal Northern Hospital, and X-ray treatment for ringworm
at the Royal Northern Hospital.
(a) Minor Ailments.
Nine hundred and ninety-six children were treated at the
Clinic for minor ailments. These comprise for the most part
septic conditions of the skin, minor injuries, inflammatory conditions
of the eyes, ears or nose, and other like conditions which tend
to receive insufficient attention at home, but may, if neglected,
be injurious to the child's health.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.
Five children were operated on during the year, under the
Committee's scheme, for enlarged tonsils and adenoids, while
twenty-six were dealt with privately by their own doctors or in
hospital. The children dealt with under the Committee's scheme
are admitted to the Prince of Wales, Royal Northern or North
Middlesex Hospital for a minimum of two nights, being admitted
the day previous to, and discharged not sooner than the day after
the operation. They are brought home in the Council's ambulance,
and visited for the next few days by the School Nurse.
(c) Visual Defects.
The number of children dealt with by Dr. Boden at the Eye
Clinic was 738, 240 of whom were new cases. 335 children had
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