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Treatment. The children found with minor ailments are sent
to the Rosetta Road School Clinic (a matter of only a few yards
distance).
Cases requiring special treatment are dealt with as in the case
of children attending Elementary School.
Thus, certain children are sent for Artificial Sunlight Treatment
to the Balaam Street Hospital. Tonsils and Adenoids cases
for operation are drafted to any of the three local hospitals.
Children requiring dental treatment are sent to the School Dental
Clinic at Rosetta Road. Cases of squint are dealt with by the
Committee's Ophthalmic Surgeons. Children in need of orthopaedic
treatment are sent to the Balaam Street Hospital Orthopaedic
Clinic.
All the above facilities have been made use of.
Up to the present the following defects found at the school
examinations have been remedied :—
Ringworm body 1
Impetigo 4
Other Skin Diseases 5
Squint 2
Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids 4
Oral Sepsis 8
Other Defects 2
It can be mentioned at this stage that 12 of the children had
had their Tonsils and Adenoids removed before they were admitted
to the School.
With regard to conditions such as Bronchitis, Threadworms,
Anaemia and the like, where special treatment cannot be arranged,
suitable advice for home treatment is given to the parent.
There is complete co-ordination between the Headmistress,
Miss J. E. Cass and the Clinic Staff, and any child requiring attention
is sent to the Clinic, where it is dealt with at once.
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