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(a) Minor Ailments.
An analysis of the chief minor ailments treated at the School
Clinics, and otherwise, will be found in Table IV, Group 1.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.
Of the children referred for treatment 304 received operative
treatment during the year 1938.
The scheme for treatment remained the same as detailed in
previous reports.
(c) Tuberculosis.
The arrangements for the treatment of Tuberculosis have
been continued on the lines fully set forth in the 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 the dermatological departments of the London Hospital, East
Ham Memorial Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, West Ham.
(e) External Eye Disease.
One hundred and fifteen cases (85 in 1937) of external eye
disease were treated at the School Clinics.
(f) Vision.
During the year 1938, the Ophthalmic Clinic was held on five
sessions per fortnight.
Four hundred and fifty-five accepted treatment in respect
of visual defect during the year 1938 (of these 13 children with
markedly defective vision had not been seen by the Ophthalmic