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every effort has been made to secure regular attendance
for treatment. I am satisfied that the serious results from
neglect of this condition are becoming much more widely
appreciated by the parents, and more willingness to continue
treatment until a cure is effected is now shown. The usual
" hospital " method of giving " lotion or drops " to be used
by the parents with occasional attendance for supervision,
has long ago been found by us to be almost useless, and
daily attendance for adequate treatment by the School
Nurses has been substituted, and has produced most
excellent results.
Septic skin disease, including impetigo and septic sores,
boils and abscesses, are still the most frequent type of
illness dealt with at the Clinic, and until the whole
standard of personal cleanliness is raised and the facilities
for satisfactory ablution in the houses of those who send
their children to the public elementary schools are increased,
these conditions will continue to be widespread.
In dealing with these, and especially with scabies, the
Cleansing Centre has been invaluable. It is in the same
building as the School Clinic and is consequently
immediately available, and its establishment has added in
no small extent to the good results obtained.
The number of individual children bathed at the
Cleansing Centre was 70, and the number of baths given
was 1,463.
(b) Tonsils and Adenoids.
With the approval of the Board of Education, the
Committee has paid to St. John's Hospital, Twickenham,
a fee of £1 10s. per case for 70 cases operated upon each
year. The majority of the remaining cases were treated
either at Richmond Hospital or other hospitals, chiefly in
London by subscribers' recommendation.
In November a letter was received from the Richmond
Hospital stating that Elementary School Children would