Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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The Kitchen and Larder have quarry tiled floors and
walls of white glazed tiles.
The Minor Ailments Room, Consulting Room, Dental
Room and Recovery Room are painted in Ripolin.
All other walls are distempered, except the woodpanelled
dado in the Waiting Room, the painted dado in
the Dining Hall and Rest Room, and the tiled dado in the
Main Entrance, Classrooms and Lavatories.
A shed is provided for perambulators.
(a) Inspection Clinic.
The School Medical Officer holds his Inspection Clinic
on Tuesday and Friday mornings during School terms,
when he sees children referred to him by Nurses, Teachers,
School Attendance Officers, etc., advising as to their treatment
and disposal.
He also re-inspects children previously excluded from
School by him, and also those under treatment for minor
ailments.
(b) Minor Ailments Clinic.
The Clinic is open at 9.15 a.m. on week-days, when the
School Nurses carry out the treatment of minor ailments
under the direction of the School Medical Officer. No charge
is made, but a box is provided for voluntary contributions.
The equipment of the Minor Ailments Room includes
an electric sterilizer, electric kettle, glass trolley table, cupboard
with glass shelves, special waste bins, and an
enamelled table.
There is a special glazed shelf and a glazed draining
board to a large sink, which is fitted with stainless steel
taps having arm pieces.
The walls, ceiling, and plain Hospital doors are finished
in Ripolin, and the floor is laid in Terrazzo.
(c) Ophthalmic Clinic.
Dr. Ivor Aubrey, the School Oculist, attends fortnightly
on Wednesday afternoon during School terms to
deal with cases referred to him by the School Medical
Officer,