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ment, but gradually, with tact, patience and kindly persuasion and
instruction, the barrier of indifference, indolence, ignorance and
obstruction has been reduced, and to-day, although many difficulties
and anxieties remain, the majority of parents look upon the
School Nurse as one to whom they can turn for advice and help
upon any matter in connection with the health of the children and
upon many other matters which arc outside the scope of the
School Medical Service.
The County Borough of East Ham is fortunate in possessing
a very keen and efficient staff of School Nurses, upon whose work
has depended, to a large extent, the highly satisfactory results
obtained by the School Medical Service, both in the direction of
ensuring the adoption by the parents of the advice given by the
Medical Officers and of determining and securing for the children
the necessary preventive and curative treatment required.
8. MEDICAL TREATMENT.
The following clinics are held weekly for the treatment of
defects in school children :—
(1) General Clinic (Minor Ailments and Observation Cases),
Town Hall—Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays,
9 a.m.
(2) General Clinic (Minor Ailments and Observation Cases),
St. Michael's Institute, Manor Park—Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 9 a.m.
(3) General Clinic (Minor Ailments and Observation Cases),
North Woolwich—Mondays and Fridays at 2 p.m.
(4) General Ear Clinic, Town Hall, Fridays, at 2 p.m.
(5) Eye Specialist Clinic, Town Hall, Thursdays at 9 a.m.,
Tuesdays at 9 a.m., and Fridays at 9 a.m.
(6) Ear Specialist Clinic, Town Hall, Tuesdays at 3 p.m.
(7) Light Clinic, Town Hall, Mondays and Thursdays at
2 p.m.
A full account of these clinics was set forth in my report for
1922.
During the year 1927, 14,873 attendances were made for
treatment at the various clinics, and there were 13,530 attendances
for consultation of the Medical Officers.