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TREATMENT.
(a) Minor Ailments and Diseases of the Skin.
The treatment of minor ailments and diseases of the
skin was undertaken daily at the Clinic during school terms,
5787 attendances being registered during the year. One
case of ringworm of the scalp received X-ray treatment by
Mr. G. G. Blake of Richmond.
(b) Visual Defects and External Eye Disease.
Most of the external eye defects have been treated at
the Minor Ailments Clinic, but when necessary they are
referred to either the School Oculist or the Royal Hospital,
Richmond.
Cases of defective vision and squint are referred by the
School Medical Officer to the Oculist who has prescribed
spectacles for 98 children during the year.
(c) Nose and Throat Defects.
As before, operative treatment of tonsils and adenoids
has been satisfactorily carried out at the Kingston Victoria
Hospital. The cases are visited by the School Nurses on
their discharge from Hospital, and later are examined by the
School Medical Officer before re-admission to School.
Thirty-nine cases were treated under this Scheme
during the year at a cost of £57 15s. 0d., towards which
the parents contributed £16 3s. 0d.
(d) Ear Disease and Hearing.
Minor ear defects in the cases of 18 children have been
treated at the Clinic; other ear diseases and deafness were
referred to private practitioners and hospitals.
(e) Dental defects.
Of the 2133 children requiring treatment found by the
School Dentist, 1022 were actually treated, 818 being
rendered dentally fit before the end of the year.
There were 444 gas cases during the year.