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2. A charge of 3/- per visit for cases requiring any
treatment in addition to those specified in paragraph 1,
such as X-rays, photographs, plasters, splinting, etc., etc.
3. Surgical boots, surgical appliances which have tp
be made and obtained outside the Clinic, plaster beds and
night shoes, have to be paid for by the parents at cost
prices on a weekly repayment basis direct to the Red Cross
Post.
4. Cases requiring long in-patient treatment will be
sent to the St. Vincent's Orthopaedic Hospital, Eastcote, and
to the Shropshire Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.
5. The School Medical Officer will visit the centre
from time to time.
6. All cases for whom the Authority accepts responsibility
must be recommended for treatment by the School
Medical Officer, and must be provided by the Authority
with an authorisation for attendance at the Centre. Claims
in respect of any other cases cannot be entertained.
7. Records of attendances of all children under treatment
must be submitted to the School Medical Officer
monthly.
8. A monthly report on each case must be submitted
to the Authority.
9. When treatment of a child is terminated or ceases
from any cause, the Authority must be promptly notified.
10. Notices of admission or discharge of a child as
an in-patient at a hospital must be immediately notified to
the Authority.
11. Parents will be expected to pay for treatment
according to their means, their contributions being paid
through the School Medical Officer.
Fourteen children attended the Centre during the last
quarter of the year for treatment.
The Central Aid Society has been most helpful in assisting
the School Medical Service in obtaining letters for
hospitals, fares to London, etc., in cases where the parents
cannot afford to pay.
When notified by the School Medical Officer, the
National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children has
aided in following up, and in urging parents to obtain essential
treatment.