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tonsils and adenoids, or the provision of spectacles), is it
necessary for the nurse to make a home visit.
Medical Treatment:—The following are the arrangements
made for the treatment of the various defects:—
All eases are referred to the family doctor on first discovery
at routine inspection or on reporting at the Clinic. Many cases
are returned to the Clinic by the family doctor, asking for
treatment to be given. If the case is "necessitous," treatment
is carried out at once. Cases attending hospitals are not treated
at the Clinic, though they may attend for "exclusion" certificates
which are not granted by hospitals. Minor ailments:—
These include the different skin diseases, septic sores, and
external defects of the eyes and ears. Ringworm eases arc
treated by drugs, and only special cases are referred to
hospitals for X-ray treatment.
Tonsils and Adenoids:—All cases are kept under observation
for some considerable period before operative treatment is
recommended. Operations are carried out at the local
hospitals by arrangement with the Education Authority.
Errors of Refraction, etc., are treated by the oculist to
the Education Authority at the School Clinic.

Dental Treatment:—1,496 children were treated dentally,
involving 2,862 attendances at the Clinic. 1,160 were rendered
dentally sound, and 334 received partial treatment. 36½
"Gas" sessions were arranged, at which 380 children were
treated. Local anaesthetics were given in 614 cases requiring
extraction. 2,535 temporary, and 280 permanent teeth were
extracted. 620 temporary and 779 permanent teeth were
restored by fillings—1,781 fillings in all. 14 special dental
operations were carried out where teeth had been broken by
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