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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 291 (331) pupils were treated for minor ailments excluding
skin diseases. There were no cases of ringworm of the scalp or body
and 6 (5) cases of scabies„ There were 4 (-) cases of impetigo.
Skin diseases treated were mainly verrucae (plantar warts) and tinea
pedis (athlete's foot). A total of 352 (440) pupils were treated
for skin diseases.
(b) Eye diseases, defective vision and squint
1193 (1221) pupils were treated for these defects, 5 (12) for external
eye diseases and 1188 (1209) for defective vision including squint.
Spectacles were prescribed for 38l(310) pupils.
Ophthalmic surgeons carried out sessions at the following clinics
in the Borough
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 222 (235)
of whom 28 (24) had operative treatment.
The total number of pupils in school known to have been fitted with
hearing aids was 37 (19), 6 (2) of which were provided during 1967.
(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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