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TREATMENT.
There are two special builildings to provide health
treatment clinics, one for each end of the Borough.
They have been in full operation during the year as can
be seen from the attendances recorded. The total attendances
at these clinics, quite apart from their use as
maternity and child welfare centres, during 1937,
amounted to no less than 29,698.
A tabulation of treatments is given in the Appendix
(Table IV.), following the School Medical Report. The
clinics are open daily and provide in addition to the special
medical clinics and minor ailment treatment clinics,
special clinics for dental, orthopædic, massage, remedial
exercises, eyes, ear. nose and throat, and ultra violet
ray therapy.
Treatment of Minor Ailments.
Cases are referred for treatment from the special
medical examination clinics held each morning at both
the North Clinic and South Clinic. Provision is also made
for cases referred from the Maternit,\ and Child Welfare
Service, and for cases referred to us under special arrangements
with the County Council.
The attendance figure for 1937 for minor ailment treatments
by the school nurses is 8,771.
Report on the Work of the Eye Clinic.
The Eye Clinic is held on 62 occasions during
school year, and is attended by Dr. Eric Lyle, whose report
follows. To this Clinic are referred all cases of defective
vision, except that in the case of a child under 9 years of
age the defect must exceed 6/9 in each eye unless
symptoms are present. Associated with the Eye Clinic is
the Orthoptic Clinic held twice weekly by Miss 1. Bradley
under Dr. Lyle's direction.
Dr. Eric Lyle reports as follows:—
" During the past year the clinics have been well
attended. The number of cases which have failed to