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(c) Skin Diseases.
The treatment of impetigo, ring-worm and other skin
diseases has been undertaken at the Minor Ailments Clinic.
Three cases of ringworm of the scalp were referred by
the School Medical Officer to Dr. N. H. Linzee for treatment
by X-rays. The parents contributed £3 3s. of the
total cost of £6 6s.
Ten children suffering from ringworm of the scalp
were treated by X-rays at various London Hospitals.
(d) Vision.
Cases of defective vision are referred by the School
Medical Officer to the Oculist, who has prescribed spectacles
for 109 children during the year.
(e) Ear Disease and Hearing.
Minor ear defects in the cases of 15 children have been
treated at the Clinic; other ear diseases and deafness were
referred to private practitioners and hospitals.
(f) Dental Defects.
Of the 1,857 children requiring treatment found by the
School Dentist, 948 were actually treated, 821 being
rendered dentally fit before the end of the year.
Remarks by the School Dentist are given under the
paragraph on the Dental Clinic.
(g) Crippling Defects and Orthopaedics.
During the year 21 individual children received electrical,
massage, and other forms of treatment at the Red Cross
Curative Post, Norbiton, making 597 total attendances.
The cost of the above out-patient treatment amounted
to £12 9s. 3d., towards which the parents contributed
£20 8s. 5d.
One child was admitted to the Royal National Orthopaedic
Hospital for in-patient treatment at a cost of
£10 10s. 2d., the parents only being able to contribute
£1 5s. towards this expenditure.