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Minor Ailments Clinic.
432 children made 663 attendances at the Minor Ailments Clinic
which is held at the School Clinic at 93, High Road, South Woodford,
every Friday morning.
Cleanliness Surveys.
The School Nurses visited every primary and secondary modern
school in the Borough as soon as possible after the commencement
of each school term to carry out a cleanliness survey of every child
in attendance. 141 pupils were found to have a slight infestation in
their hair, which was remedied by the parents on being brought to
their notice. There were, however, four instances in which the children
were not cleansed satisfactorily by the parent and arrangements
were made by the Education Authority for them to be cleansed.
Dental Treatment
I am pleased to report that as a result of an increase in the
number of Dental Officers that became available, it was possible to
effect a reorganisation of their duties at clinics in the Forest Division
and thereby improve the services provided at the Woodford
Clinic by increasing the number of sessions held there each week
from seven to eleven, thus constituting a whole-time service.
A Dental Officer also visited four schools in the Borough to carry
out the routine dental inspection of children's teeth.
A summary of the work done at the Woodford Clinic during 1953
is given in Appendix 'A.'
Specialist Services.
As mentioned in my report for last year, the ophthalmic and
orthopaedic (including physiotherapy) services are the responsibility
of the Regional Hospital Board and by arrangement with that Authority
sessions continue to be held at County Council clinics. One of
the Board's Ophthalmologists attends at the Woodford clinic each
week and an Orthopaedic Surgeon visits once a month to supervise
treatment given to schoolchildren by the physiotherapist.
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