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pædic Clinic and in most instances receive further remedial
treatment at the Exercises Clinic.
The work relating to children below school age is indicated
in the section of the Annual Report dealing with the
Maternity and Child Welfare Department.
(i) Heart Disease and Rheumatism. Children suffering
from heart disease and rheumatism are sent to Certified
Special Schools for treatment when necessary.
Two children suffering from rheumatism were sent to the
following institutions during the year by the Education
Committee:—
St. John's Open-Air School, Woodford Bridge 1
Brooklands Home, Worthing 1
Another child, suffering from congenital heart disease, was
admitted to the Frogmore Road School for Physically Defective
Children as a day scholar. Arrangements were made for
the child to be conveyed to and from school every day in an
ambulance.

Many of these children with heart disease require to be
away for several months before their convalescence is sufficiently
established for them' to be returned home with any
degree of safety. They are then kept under periodical observation
by the School Medical Staff and suitable instructions
are sent to the Head Teachers of the schools which they
attend, advising any necessary modifications in their school
lives. Children who had previously received institutional
treatment were also kept under continuous observation.
Three children with heart disease who had previously been
allowed to attend school half-time under close medical supervision
were allowed to attend school full time during 1937. A
fourth case with acquired heart disease was allowed to attend
school half-time. This child was later admitted to a local hospital
where he remained until the end of the year.
(j) Tuberculosis. The Surrey County Council is the
authority responsible for the treatment of tuberculosis in
Wimbledon.