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Remarks by the School Dentist are given under the
paragraph on the Dental Clinic.
(g) Crippling Defects and Orthopœdics.
During the year 24 individual children received electrical
massage and other forms of treatment at the Red Cross
Curative Post, Norbiton, making 718 total attendances.
The cost of the above out-patient treatment amounted
to £74 2s., towards which the parents contributed
£14 9s. 2d.
Four children were admitted to St. Vincent's Orthopaedic
Hospital, Eastcote, for in-patient treatment at a total
cost of £38 8s. 10d., the parents only being able to contribute
2s. towards this expenditure.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
There was no School Closure during the year for infectious
disease.
There were outbreaks of measles at Richmond Road
Infants' School in February and March, and at Bonner Hill
Road Infants' School in April.
Apart from these outbreaks there has been little infectious
disease, and the number of absentees on its account
has been low.
A few cases of diphtheria occurred at Richmond Road
Schools in the autumn, and the children were kept under
daily supervision, with the result that two unsuspected
bacteriological cases were discovered and isolated.
On the whole, the Schools have enjoyed a year of comparative
freedom from infectious disease.
FOLLOWING-UP.
The following-up of children suffering from defects is
carried out by the School Medical Officer and School Nurses,
aided in some instances by the Teachers and Attendance
Officers.