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Have a bed ready for the child and keep him/her there for two days.
He/she can have some warm milk, beef tea, Bovril or weak tea (not hot),
and later on in the evening a small basin of bread and milk.
On the day after the operation he/she may have any soft food to
which he/she is accustomed.
(c) Tuberculosis.
The County Council is the Authority having supervision over the
treatment of tuberculosis. Very friendly relations exist between the
local Tuberculosis Officer and the School Medical Department. Cases in
which doubt arises as to the nature of the ailment from which children
suffer are referred to the Tuberculosis Officer, who gives us the advantage
of his written advice. In those instances where no definite lesion can be
discovered and in which convalescent treatment is indicated, the children
are referred back to this department and enjoy the advantage of the
scheme which your authority has entered into with the Invalid Children's
Aid Association.
(d) Skin Diseases.
As described, under minor ailments, a spray bath at the Town Hall
clinic is employed when necessary in the treatment of skin diseases.
Beyond this, treatment consists in the use of lotion, ointment and such
internal remedies as each individual case requires. Tuberculous lesions
and those of a specific kind would, of course, be sent to the appropriate
clinic under the County.
Having tried various preparations claiming to cure ringworm
safely and speedily, we have come to the conclusion that nothing is so
certain as the X-Rays. In competent hands there is an assurance of
safety. The X-Ray work for the School Medical Services is undertaken
at the North Middlesex Hospital, and the results have been uniformly
satisfactory.
(e) External Eye Diseases.
Blepharitis, styes, conjunctivitis, phyctenular ophthalmia and such
like are treated at the minor ailments clinic. Cases of squint, corneal
ulcer, and other eye defects that call for specially skilled attention or
treatment, are referred to the eye clinic and are seen by Mr. Letchworth.
On his recommendation the Assistant School Medical Officer administers