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Street Children's Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford,
and East Ham Memorial Hospital.
Arrangements have been made to carry into effect the recommendation
of the Board of Education in regard to the visitation of
children after the operation.
(c) Tuberculosis.
The arrangements for the treatment of Tuberculosis have
been continued on the lines fully set-forth in my reports for
previous years.
(d) Skin Diseases.
For the most part these are treated at the General Clinic,
but some cases of chronic and of the rarer skin diseases are
referred to hospital.
The application of X-rays in cases of ringworm is performed
at the School Clinic, and six children received this form of
treatment during this year.
(e) External Eye Disease.
164 cases (266 in 1929) of external eye disease were treated at
the School Clinics.
(f) Vision.
During the year 1930 the Ophthalmic Clinic was held on five
sessions per fortnight.
561 cases were referred for treatment in respect of visual
defect during the year 1930 and, including 130 cases awaiting treatment
at the termination of the year 1929, 553 cases have been
treated in the past year. On the 31st of December, 1930, there
were 138 children with markedly defective vision who had not been
seen by the Ophthalmic Surgeon. A waiting list such as this
results in considerable delay, and in many cases a period of from
three to four months intervenes between the discovery of the defect
and attendance for treatment. Unfortunately it has not been
possible to give an opportunity of attending the Ophthalmic Clinic
to all the children with lesser degrees of visual defect. Under
these circumstances it is difficult for the Medical Officers and