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(i) HEART DISEASE AND RHEUMATISM.
There is no special Clinic for the treatment of Heart Disease
and Rheumatism. Children found at Routine Inspections and
special examinations, and cases referred through private practitioners
and Hospitals are examined by the Chief Assistant School
Medical Officer, and those cases found to require periods of stay
at Heart Hospital Schools, etc., are recommended accordingly,
the Committee accepting responsibility for maintenance.
(j) TUBERCULOSIS.
All definite cases of Tuberculosis found by Assistant School
Medical Officers are notified to the Medical Officer of Health.
Suspicious cases are always referred to the Tuberculosis Officer
for examination and report. The number of cases so referred
amounted to 96.
The Council have a special Children's Sanatorium at Langdon
Hills, Essex, with accommodation for 40 children. The Tuberculosis
Officer is responsible for all children who are admitted to
and discharged from this Institution.
Following is a complete list of Tuberculous children (out-ofschool)
having Institutional treatment:—
Langdon Hills Children's Sanatorium 40
Whipps Cross Hospital 1
Heritage Craft Schools, Chailey 5
Sir William Treloar's Home, Alton 4
Seven Oaks Hospital for Hip Diseases 1
S't. Vincent's Cripple Home, Pinner 4
Ascot Cripple Home 1
Hayling Island Convalescent Home 3
Princess Mary Hospital, Margate 1
Hastings Home and Residential School 1
Black Notley Sanatorium, Braintree 1
In addition there were 23 out-of-school cases of Tuberculosis
at the end of December, 1933.
(k) OTHER DEFECTS AND DISEASES.
The figures relating to other defects and diseases will be
found in the Appendix, Tables II (Return of Defects found).
These conditions mainly consist of minor injuries, sores, chilblains,
etc., and receive various forms of treatment, either at the
Clinics or by referring them to a Private Practitioner or local
Hospital.
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