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In all, these 43 children made 1129 attendances from the
1st April till the 31st December. With the exception of
eight, all these attendances were paid for at the rate of 2s.
per attendance. The total cost to the Council was £113 10s.,
50 per cent. of which is recoverable from the Ministry. The
average number of treatments received by the completed
cases was 20, and by the uncompleted 31. During the five
years under review the number of children under five years
attending the Remedial Clinic increased from 18 in 1921 to
51 in 1925, the figures for each successive year being as follows;
1921, 18; 1922, 25; 1923, 48; 1924, 40.
The Council, by its action, has secured the maintenance of
the Woolwich Remedial Clinic, which was in very serious
danger of ceasing to function because of want of funds. At
this Clinic children are seen and treated at regular intervals
by the Consulting Orthopaedic Surgeon and the masseuses.
Their attendances are regular, and so far as can be obtained,
the utmost co-ordination of parents, members of the Public
Health Staff, and the Remedial Clinic is provided. The
earlier a child suffering from a condition which may lead to
crippling receives treatment, the less likely does permanent
damage result, particularly in the case of muscular weakness
associated with infantile paralysis, and in addition, if suitable
treatment is easily available, more cases requiring such
treatment will be detected and will receive it.