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MEDICAL TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Ailments.
The treatment of Minor Ailments was undertaken daily
at the Clinic during School Terms, 7,448 attendances being
registered during the year. This is the highest figure ever
recorded.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.
The Scheme for the operative treatment of tonsils and
adenoids at the Kingston Victoria Hospital has worked
satisfactorily.
Thirty-six cases were treated under this Scheme during
the year at a cost of £51 6s., towards which the parents
contributed £15 5s. 6d.
(c) Skin Diseases.
The treatment of impetigo, ringworm and other skin
diseases has been undertaken at the Minor Ailments Clinic.
In September arrangements were made for the treatment
of ringworm of the scalp by X-rays. Cases are referred
by the School Medical Officer to Dr. N. H. Linzee,
of St. Mark's Hill, Surbiton, who undertakes the X-ray
treatment at the rate of £2 2s. per case. Under the
Scheme parents are expected to contribute towards the cost
according to their means. Two such cases were referred
to him before the end of the year, but one eventually
refused treatment, and the other preferred to go to a London
Hospital.
(d) Vision.
Cases of defective vision are referred by the School
Medical Officer to the Oculist, who has prescribed spectacles
for 111 children during the year.
(e) Ear Disease and Hearing.
Minor ear defects in the cases of 20 children have been
treated at the Clinic; other ear diseases and deafness were
referred to private practitioners and hospitals.
(f) Dental Defects.
Of the 2,030 children requiring treatment found by the
School Dentist, 836 were actually treated, 647 being rendered
dentally fit before the end of the year,