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medical treatment
Medical treatment is the responsibility of general practitioners and.
the hospital service. The Local Education Authority arranges preventive
physiotherapy and actinotherapy and, by arrangement with the Executive Council,
treatment for defective vision and squint. These forms of treatment are
carried out when requested by the family doctor or after his consent has been
obtained except in the case of defective vision when reference for treatment
is direct. Certain minor ailments are also treated at the Authority's clinics.
(a) Minor ailments
The principal minor ailments treated are diseases of the skin
and ear and external disease of the eyes. One of the school medical
officers has specialised in the treatment of diseases of the skin and
many cases are referred to her by general practitioners.
A total of 6l8 pupils were treated for minor ailments excluding
skin diseases. It is interesting to note that there were no cases
of ringworm of the scalp or body and no cases of scabies. There were
only 7 cases of impetigo. Skin diseases treated were mainly verrucae
(plantar warts) and tinea pedis (athlete's foot). A total of 361 pupils
were treated for skin diseases.
(b) Eye diseases, defective vision and squint
1,427 pupils were treated for these defects, 53 for external
eye diseases and 1,374 for defective vision including squint.
Spectacles were prescribed for 413 pupils.
Ophthalmic surgeons carried out sessions at the following clinics
in the.Borough:-
Sutton Clinic
Green Wrythe Lane Clinic
Rochester Road Clinic.
(c) Diseases and defects of ear, nose and throat
The total number of children treated for these defects was 235,
of whom 33 had operative treatment.
The total number of pupils in school known to have been fitted
with hearing aids was 48, 11 of which were provided during 1965.
(d) Orthopaedic and postural defects
There are no sessionally employed orthopaedic surgeons attending
any of the clinics. After consultation with the family doctor pupils
requiring orthopaedic treatment are referred to the orthopaedic surgeons at
Queen Mary's Hospital for Children or St.Helier Hospital.
Sessionally employed physiotherapists undertook remedial exercises
for minor defects at the following clinics
Priory Crescent Rochester Road
Stonecot Hill Green Wrythe Lane
Sutton Clinic Shotfield
Sessions are also held at Carew Manor Special School.
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