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MEDICAL TREATMENT
Defects discovered at medical inspection are reported to the
parents, who may elect to obtain treatment either privately or
through a hospital, or may avail themselves of the facilities
afforded by the school clinics. Visual and dental defects, X-ray
treatment of Ringworm and the treatment of Minor Ailments are
now undertaken by the Education Authority, whilst the operative
treatment of Tonsils and Adenoids is by arrangement earned out
at the local hospitals.
MINOR AILMENTS
Skin,
Ringworm of the Scalp.—7 Cases were successfully treated by
the application of X-rays.
The X-ray treatment is carried out by Dr. D. Arthur, of
Ealing, at his own surgery, a fee of £\ : 1:0 per case being paid
to him. A charge of 2/6 per case is made, except in necessitous
cases, when free treatment may be obtained on application to the
Education Committee.
Treated at the School Clinic.
Ringworm of the Body 8 Cases
Impetigo 278 ,,
Scabies 4 ,,
Other skin diseases, chiefly septic sores 41 ,,
Ear Disease and Hearing.
At the School Clinic 70 cases of Ear Disease or Defective
Hearing were seen and treated.
Ear Disease.
Middle ear disease, resulting often in long continued discharge
from the ears, remains the most unsatisfactory ailment
dealt with at the School Clinic. Only a few slight cases are cured,
in others the discharge ceases for a time, to begin again later. In
many the treatment is merely palliative, the cells of the mastoid
bone are already infected, and nothing short of a 1 airly severe
operation is going to permanently cure the condition. So long as
this condition persists, the child is always in danger, in that any
minute, any further extension of the disease to the upper plate