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Minor Ailment Treatment.
The pre-school child has the benefit of the facilities
of the School Medical Service, and thus the policy of
early treatment tends to minimise gross defects in the
school entrant.
Tonsils and Adenoids.
Seventeen cases under five years of age received
operative treatment at the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic
under the approved scheme for Minor Ailment Treatment.
These cases are detained at the School Clinic for 24
hours after their operations, and subsequently receive
daily visitation from the health visitors for a period of
seven days.
.1/ i nor AiIments.
Thirty-five cases received treatment at the School
Clinic for ailments such as skin disease and minor
surgical injuries.
Orthopaedic.
Mr. H. J. Seddon, Orthopaedic Surgeon, has reported
on cases dealt with during the year in the School Medical
section of this report, and other details and statistics
relating to the work of this Clinic, including maternity
and child welfare cases, are there dealt with.
Dental Clinic.
Ninety children under 5 years of age, and 35
expectant or nursing mothers, received treatment at the
Dental Clinic.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
During 1933 no cases were notified under the Public
Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1926.
Hospital treatment, under the Local Authority's scheme,
is available for acute cases.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis.
Three deaths of children under two years of age were
recorded during 1933. Fortunately this serious disease
in infants was not prevalent in the Borough during the
year. In 1932 the mortality rate per 1,000 babies horn