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out by an ingenious and recently-invented instrument, the
Audiometer, which is the only scientific way of recording the
acuity of the sense of hearing, and is more fully described in Dr.
Friel's report.
(iii) Physically Defective School.—Your Authority provide a
Physically Defective School, with accommodation for 80 pupils of
both sexes.
The School is under the Orthopaedic charge of Mr. B. Whitchurch
Howell, F.R.C.S., Consulting Orthopaedic Surgeon to your
Committee, who holds a monthly clinic, assisted by 2 part-time
Masseuses. The remaining staff consists of a Head Teacher, 2
Assistant Teachers, 1 Art Mistress, a Craft Master. The ambulances
are staffed by a Nurse and 2 Ambulance Drivers. In addition,
there is a Cook and a Female Attendant.
The School is provided with a well-equipped Orthopaedic and
Massage Room, in which daily Massage Clinics are held.
Mr. B. Whitchurch Howell, F.R.C.S., has kindly contributed
the following report on the work of the Orthopaedic Clinic:—
"The following statistical report compiled with great care by
the Masseuses, Miss Theobald and Miss Garratt, shows the large
amount of most interesting work undertaken by the Clinic. To
them I owe much, both in organisation and in the care with which
they have carried out the details of the treatment recommended.
"The time has now come for further help, namely, the appointment
of a part-time Masseuse with full Orthopaedic qualifications, who
should, in addition, correlate her work with that at the Brookfield
Orthopaedic Hospital.
"In addition, those cripples now over 16 years of age should not
be forgotten. Their claims are just as urgent as when they attended
the Orthopaedic Clinic under the jurisdiction of the Education
Committee.
"I, therefore, hope that Miss Lewis and her kind friends, with
the members of the Education, Brookfield Hospital and other
Committees will, with the help of the British Red Cross Society,
evolve some scheme by which the cripples over 16 requiring
supervision or even occasional treatment, will be enabled to obtain
the same from the same staff that helped them whilst of school
age."