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Miss Townsend reports from the Massage Clinic as follows:
The work of this Clinic has increased considerably
during the year, since the room at 8, College Road has been
in use and regular attendances thrice weekly inaugurated.
1 he massage room is fitted with two wall bars and a bench
on which balance movements can be carried out, which
apparatus is of great service in treating scoliosis.
The Baby Clinic has sent 27 cases.
The Tuberculosis Dispensary sent a case of suspected
tuberculosis for breathing exercises.
The local medical practitioners have sent 3 cases.
Four applications for massage for children in the neighbourhood
have been received from the lady almoner at The
Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street.
Space forbids details but the following few notes on
cases may be of interest. Boy aet. 6, rickets, bad pigeon
chest : Prominences of ribs and sternum reduced, hollows
filled out, general health improved.
Girl, aet. 5, Flat foot and knock knee, pronounced case :
Both conditions greatly improved; and improvement well
maintained 6 weeks after treatment ceased.
School girl, aet. 12, Scoliosis, general delicacy and tendency
to tuberculosis : Satisfactory progress.
Girl, aet. 2, Infantile paralysis; attended Great Ormond
Street Hospital for some weeks : Satisfactory repair of
affected muscles.
A class for breathing exercises following operation for
tonsils and adenoids has recently been started.
A waiting list of patients is already in existence.
HOUSING.
Under the Housing Town Planning, etc., Act,
1919, every local authority is required to consider the
needs of their area with respect to the provision of houses for
the working classes, and to prepare and submit to the Local
Government Board (now Ministry of Health), a scheme
specifying (a) the approximate number and the nature of the
houses to be provided; (b) the approximate quantity of land
to be acquired ;(c) the average number of houses per acre;
and (d) the time within which the scheme is to be carried into
effect.