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This agreement also extends to the provision of spectacles
at special terms in the case of the Hospital Savings
Association.
(f) Ultra-Violet Ray Treatment:— An arrangement was
also made with the Nelson Hospital for the Treatment of
cases at special rates, if required.
(g) Central School—Transfer of Medical Record Cards:—
This school, established for the purpose of providing more
advanced education for promising scholars from the Wimbledon
Public Elementary Schools, was opened in September,
1927, in the Pelham Road School. The children (about 175
Boys and 175 Girls) will be admitted at the age of eleven
years and may remain at school until the July following the
attainment of 15 years.
The Medical Record Cards were transferred within a
week of re-opening, but all the children had been recently
examined medically. A new Age-period group (14-15 years)
for "Routine" medical examinations will be begun this year.
(h) New School Clinic and Welfare Centre:—
The proposal to erect a new Conjoint Clinic for School
Medical purposes and Welfare work, is a result of the benefits
derived from the amalgamation of those sections. At
present separate premises, not always too suitable, are
occupied, and a centralisation will provide more efficient
work, and a greater continuity of records.
The Wimbledon Borough Council has acquired an excellent
site in Pelham Road, close to the position of the Old
School Clinics. Plans have been placed before the Ministry
of Health and Board of Education, and it is hoped to commence
building shortly.
At this new Centre, accommodation for the main work
of Medical Inspection and Treatment of School Children and
the Maternity and Child Welfare work including that at
present carried out in Queens Hall, together with a small
laboratory will be provided. Provision can be made for
extensions later, if required.
There are very few Conjoint Centres of this kind at
present in existence, but there is no doubt that the principle
of having some such scheme (if possible) is the correct one.
Co-ordination:—From the above remarks it wall be evident
that co-ordination between the different branches of
the work and between the different sections of the Public
Health Department is steadily advancing with increasing
benefit to the work as a whole.
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