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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 requiring operative treatment can be
dealt with at the Prince of Wales's, the Royal Northern, or the
North Middlesex Hospitals. Ultra-violet light treatment may be
obtained at the North Middlesex or the Royal Northern Hospitals,
and X-ray treatment for ringworm at the Royal Northern Hospital.
(a) Minor Ailments.
Five hundred and forty-nine 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.
Seven children were operated on during the year, under the
Committee's scheme, for enlarged tonsils and adenoids. The
children are admitted to 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 at home by the School Nurse.
(c) Visual Defects.
The number of children dealt with by Dr. Boden at the Eye
Clinic was 584. 215 of these had spectacles prescribed for them at
the Clinic, and 190 of these had obtained their spectacles before
the end of the year.
(d) Ear Disease and Defective Hearing.
The work of the Ear Clinic has been carried out as in former
years by Dr. Clarke, who devotes a great deal of time and care to
the treatment of conditions of the nose and throat as well as those
of the ear. Zinc ionisation is used with excellent results in cases
of discharging ears. Diastolisation has been used in large numbers
of children suffering from nasal affections, many of them complicating
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