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3. Medical Treatment
Medical treatment is the responsibility of the general practitioner
and hospital services with the exception that certain minor ailments are also
treated at Local Authority Clinics.
By arrangement with the Executive Council treatment of defective
vision and squint is carried out at Local Authority Ophthalmic 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.
1969 1968 1967
Total No. of Pupils treated
for minor ailments: 222 88 291
Total No, of pupils treated
for skin diseases: 292 325 352
(b) Eve diseases, defective vision and squint
Ophthalmology Sessions are held at the following clinics:-
Robin Hood Lane Health Centre
Green Wrythe Lane Clinic
Rochester Road Clinic
Shotfield Clinic
Total numbers of pupils treated for these defects were as follows:-
1969 1968 1967
External eye diseases: 435
Defective vision including squint: 1381 1349 1188
Total No, treated: 1385 1352 1193
Spectacles were prescribed for: 347 402 381
(c) Diseases and defects of ear, nose and throat
1969 1968 1967
Total No. of children treated
for these defects: 122 105 222
No. who received operative
treatment: 5 8 28
(d) Orthopaedic and postural defects
Physiotherapy Sessions for minor orthopaedic and postural defects
are held at the following clinics and at Carew Manor Special School:-
Priory Crescent Rochester Road
Stonecot Hill Green Wrythe Lane
Robin Hood Lane Shotfield
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