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(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 11)0.
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 having
Institutional treatment.
Langdon Hills Children's Sanatorium 40
Whipps Cross Hospital 1
Heritage Craft Schools, Chailey 4
Sir William Treloar's Home, Alton 2
Seven Oaks Hospital for Hip Diseases 2
St. Vincent's Cripple Home, Pinner 4
Hayling Island Convalescent Home 2
Hastings Home and Residential School 1
Black Notley Sanatorium, Braintree 1
In addition there were 14 out-of-school cases of Tuberculosis
at the end of December, 1934.
(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.
(1) ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT TREATMENT.
This treatment is carried out at the Children's Hospital,
Plaistow, under the administration of Dr. Eva Morton.
The Education Committee have made special arrangements
with the Hospital whereby they accept responsibility for all
children recommended this form of treatment.
Dr. Morton sends the following particulars, which relate to
the West Ham children who have been treated there during the
past year:—
During the year 1934, 110 children of school age attended the
Artificial Sunlight Clinic, this number including a few children
four years of age attending a nursery school. Among the conditions
for which they were referred to the Department were the
following :—
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