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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 331 (618) pupils were treated for minor ailments
excluding skin diseases. There were no cases of ringworm of the
scalp or body and 5 (-) cases of scabies. There were no (7) cases of
impetigo. Skin diseases treated were mainly verrucae (plantar warts)
and tinea pedis (athlete's foot). A total of 440 (36l) pupils were
treated for skin diseases.
(b) Eye diseases, defective vision and squint
1221 (1427) pupils were treated for these defects, 12 (53)
for external eye diseases and 1209 (1374) for defective vision including
squint. Spectacles were prescribed for 310 (413) pupils.
Ophthalmic surgeons carried out sessions at the following clinics
in the Borough s-
Sutton Clinic
Green Wrythe Lane Clinic
Rochester Road Clinic
Shotfield Clinic
(c) Diseases and defects of ear, nose and throat
The total number of children treated for these defects was 235 (235)
of whom 24 (33) had operative treatment.
The total number of pupils in school known to have been fitted
with hearing aids was 19 (48), 2 (ll) of which were provided during 1966.
(d) Orthopaedic and postural defects
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
Robin Hood Lane Shotfield
Sessions are also held at Carew Manor Special School.
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