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MEDICAL TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Ailments.
The treatment of Minor Ailments was undertaken daily
at the Clinic during School Terms, 6,472 attendances beingregistered
during the year.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.
A scheme for the operative treatment of tonsils and
adenoids was sanctioned and put into operation in October.
Under this scheme cases recommended by the School Medical
Officer are admitted to the Kingston Victoria Hospital.
Parents are expected to contribute towards the cost
according to their means.
Twenty-five cases were treated under this scheme during
the last quarter of the year.
A special effort was made to clear off outstanding
cases, with the result that in all 65 children (including the
25 under the scheme) received operative treatment during
the year.
(c) Skin Disease.
The treatment of impetigo, ringworm, and other skin
diseases has been undertaken at the Minor Ailments Clinic.
(d) Vision.
Cases of defective vision are referred by the School
Medical Officer to Dr. Winifred Warner, who has prescribed
spectacles for 97 children during the year.
(e) Ear Disease and Hearing.
Minor ear defects in the cases of 8 children have been
treated at the Clinic; other ear diseases and deafness were
referred to private practitioners and hospitals.
(f) Dental Defects.
Of the 779 children requiring treatment found by the
School Dentist, 422 were actually treated, 241 being rendered
dentally fit before the end of the year.
Remarks by the School Dentist are given under the
paragraph on the Dental Clinic.