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174 children showed minor evidence of uncleanliness. In nearly
all cases, the condition was cleared up by the parents who were
assisted, where necessary, by the School Nurses. The infestation
rate is remarkably low and speaks well for the parental care of
the school child in the Borough.
TREATMENT CLINICS.
These clinics are held at North Clinic, South Clinic. Hayes
Clinic, Burnt Ash Clinic, and Aylesbury Road and Quernmore.
12,229 attendances for minor ailment treatment at the clinics
were made during 1950, a falling off compared with previous
years.
The types of ailments treated were, as under:—
1949 1950
Ringworm, (Body) 13 7
Scabies 16 9
Impetigo 45 36
Other Skin Diseases 646 397
Eye Disease (external and other, but excluding
errors of refraction squint and cases admitted
to hospital) 705 544
Ear Defects (excluding serious diseases of the ear.
e.g., operative treatment in hospital 508 222
Miscellaneous (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores,
chilblains, etc.) 2.926 2,413
ORTHOPÆDIC CLINIC.
I am indebted to Mr. K. F. Hulbert, F.R.C.S., for the following
report on the Orthopaedic Clinic:— "The Orthopaedic Clinic has
been carried on at the North Clinic, Station Road, throughout
the past year. The clinics are now held four times a month, on
Friday afternoons, and the waiting list has thereby been reduced
to a minimum.
Patients requiring in-patient treatment are still taken into
the Southern Hospital, Dartford. because there are no beds
available in the Bromley area, and this is a matter that should
receive attention because it is really not quite satisfactory.
There has been no marked difference in the type of case sent
up, postural defects of the feet and spine still largely predominate.
There have, however, been several instances in which
parents have complained about the cost of shoes, and it appears
that the quality of shoes is now deteriorating, because parents
cannot afford the higher prices, and there is the regrettable
tendency for children to wear shoes for too long a time until
they become too small for the feet.
Mr. Taylor, the Physiotherapist in charge, has done his work
faithfully and well, and I would like to pay a tribute to his skill
and enthusiasm."