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TREATMENT.
The two clinics were in full function during the year
and exclusive of attendances at Maternity and Child
Welfare Centres, no less than 29,790 attendances were
made.
A tabulation of treatment is given in the Appendix
(Table IV.). The clinics are open daily and provide in
addition to the Specialist medical clinics, minor ailment
treatment clinics, clinics for dental, orthopedic, massage
and remedial exercises, eye, ear, nose and throat and
ultra violet ray treatment.
Treatment of Minor Ailments.
Any child, whether attending school or in attendance
at Maternity and Child Welfare Centres, may receive
treatment at any of these clinics. Certain children of
the necessitous class attending secondary schools in the
Borough also have these facilities. A doctor is in attendance
each morning at the clinic and is assisted by two
school nurses and the necessary clerical staff. The
specialist clinics are staffed by specialists in their various
spheres.
Report on the Work of the Eye Clinic.
The Eye Clinic was held on 68 occasions during the
year and was attended by Dr. Eric Lyle, whose report
follows. Associated with the Eye Clinic is the Orthoptic
clinic under Miss Bradley, for the treatment of squint.
Dr. Lyle also gives his valued services for any acute case
which may arise between his special sessions, either at
his own surgery or at the hospital which he attends.
Dr. Eric Lyle reports as follows:—
"During the past year, Eye Clinics have been held
regularly on Wednesday mornings and on alternate Friday
afternoons.
Six hundred and eighty-one children attended for
errors of refraction and 50 for other defects and diseases.
A certain number of the latter have been admitted for
in-patient treatment at the Bromley Hospital. I am