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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 39
Heritage Craft Schools, Chailey 3
Sir William Treloar's Home, Alton 13
Hastings Home and Residential School 1
In addition there were 3 out-of-school cases of Tuberculosis
at the end of December, 1935.
(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 1935, the number of School children treated
at the Sunlight Clinic was 163, as compared with 110 in the
previous year. Of these, 65 were discharged "greatly improved,"
40 "improved," 25 "unchanged," and 33 were still under treatment.
Of the "unchanged" group, all but three made only
seven attendances or less, several only coming once. The three
remaining cases in this group, who attended 11, 12 and 14 times
respectively, were referred, one for anaemia and debility, one for
tuberculous adenitis (inguinal glands) and one for malnutrition
and debility.
The great majority of the children who attended for the full
three months' course, and who were regular in their attendance,
an important point, gained weight and improved remarkably in
other ways, such as sleep, appetite, temper and spirits.
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