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Holiday Home for Children.
All children recommended for the King Edward VII Memorial
Home, Herne Bay, are medically examined before being sent away.
CRIPPLE CHILDREN.
By the Education Act, 1921, Section 55, the Local Education
Authority are required to ascertain what children in their area
are physically defective and to make provision for them. (See
Table III.).
A special enquiry on this subject was made in 1920 and a
full report submitted.
There is no provision in the district for such children.
SCHOOL CLINICS.
There is one clinic day at the Council House and one at
the Isleworth Public Hall per week, when a doctor is in
attendance, but treatment is carried out between 9 and 10 o'clock
for minor ailments on five days a week by the Nurses.
As was reported last year the two School Clinics held at the
Council House and Isleworth Public Hall were reduced to one
a week at each place. This was done in an effort to economise
but it is found that the work is so onerous that it is imperative
that in the near future the two clinics shall be reinstated. The
time taken with the number of patients attending is such that
a large proportion of the mothers are unable to get home in time
to get the mid-day meal for the children so that they can return
to school by 1.30 p.m. in the winter months. In addition to this
there is the husband's mid-day meal to be considered, and clinics
which run on till after one o'clock meet with considerable disapproval
if not antagonism on the part of the mothers, also it
makes it impossible for the nursing staff to clear up after the
clinic, get their mid-day meal and get to other parts of the district
in time for the afternoon work. If the clearing up has to be
postponed until after the finish of the afternoon's work, it means
delay in getting out the notices to the schools with regard to
exclusions and re-admissions and this often makes for difficulty in
administration between the departments.
School children come under the notice of the Medical Officers
in one of the following ways:—