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Tuesday afternoons. This Clinic is extremely popular with
parents, and many bring their children on their own initiative.
737 children attended during the year, and while the great
majority were mild cases of transient or indefinite illnesses,
several cases of heart and lung conditions, of glandular affections,
of early rheumatic and nervous diseases were discovered,
which, by their early treatment, were prevented from developing
into more serious and crippling conditions.
Children with definite diseases requiring hospital treatment
also attend this Clinic, and admission to hospital is
secured in many cases through the agency of the Medical
Officers.
The following is a summary of the cases attending the
"Inspection" Clinic.
General conditions—Debility, Anaemia, etc.
34
Tonsil and Adenoid cases
116
Chest cases
100
Ear, nose and throat conditions
90
Glandular conditions
55
Heart conditions
38
Orthopœdic cases
28
Rheumatic conditions
24
Nervous conditions
19
Other
233
737
Uncleanliness:—A special attendant is employed by the
Wimbledon Education Authority to safeguard against the
spread of verminous and similar conditions in schools through
the agency of the scholars. Inspections are conducted both by
"routine" manner and by "surprise" visits. The morning
sessions are devoted to the cleansing of children at the School
Clinic, Southey Hall. The following Table gives the record
of work carried out.
GROUP V.-UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITION.
i. Average number of visits per school made during the year
by the School Nurses 16
ii. Total number of examinations of children in the Schools
by School Nurses 39,108
iii. Number of individual children found unclean 236
iv. Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by
the Local Education Authority †293
v. Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:—
a. Under the Education Act, 1921.
b. Under School Attendance Bye-laws —
†Includes skin disease cases.
73 children only out of over 2,000 examinations made by
the Medical Officers were noted as verminous.
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