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54 visits were paid to the homes by Miss Banks re Dental
treatment.
The number of attendances at the Clinic in 1934 was 4,330
as compared with 4,201 in 1933.
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 a week (including Saturdays)
to see new cases and cases requiring supervision.
The dressing of the various cases is carried out by one of the
School Nurses.
The number of individual children who attended the Clinic
for actual treatment during the year was 548, and the total number
of defects treated was 586. Also 480 children attended for
inspection only, i.e., dirty heads, sore throats, &c. The total
number of attendances was 4,330.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids. 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
as to the necessary after-treatment by means of breathing exercises
etc.