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62 visits were paid to the homes by Miss Banks re Dental
treatment.
The number of attendances at the Clinic in 1933 was 4,201
as compared with 3,804 in 1932.
7. Arrangements for Treatment.
Arrangements have been made for the treatment of:—
(a) Minor Ailments.
(b) Enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
(c) Defective Vision.
(d) Dental Defects.
(e) Ringworm.
(a) Minor Ailments.—The treatment of these diseases is
carried out each morning at the Health Centre. The School
Medical Officer is present four mornings per week (including Saturdays)
to see new cases and cases requiring supervision.
The dressing of the various cases is carried out by one or
other of the School Nurses.
The number of individual children who attended the Clinic
for actual treatment during the year was 317, and the total number
of defects treated was 540. Also 635 children attended for
inspection only, i.e., dirty heads, sore throats, &c. The total
number of attendances was 4,201.
(b) Tonsils and A denoids.—Arrangements have been made
with the Richmond Royal Hospital authorities to undertake the
operative treatment of these conditions. The Education Committee
pay an agreed sum per operation. Some parents prefer to have
treatment by their own doctor, or to go to a London Hospital. In
every case the parents are advised to bring the child to the Clinic
as soon as possible after the operation, so that they may be advised
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as to the necessary after-treatment by means of breathing exercises
etc.