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My own view is that there should be more, and I suggest to you that
minor ailment clinics should be established in certain of the new welfare
centres, and that the County Council be invited to co-operate with us
to see how far they can make use of these treatment clinics for school
medical purposes.
The new health services department, which will be completed next
year, will be equipped with solarium, X.rays, dental and early rheumatic
clinics, which would lend themselves admirably for the above-mentioned
purposes.
Additional clinics could be added, such as massage, orthopaedic,
etc., as found necessary and desirable.
It might be well to point out that there is close co-operation between
the Tuberculosis Dispensary and the Child Welfare work.
Any chest condition upon which the Medical Officer of the Welfare
Centre desires to obtain a second opinion, is referred to the Tuberculosis
Dispensary, and particularly so where the case is a known contact of
tuberculosis.
A special session held each Saturday morning at the Tuberculosis
Dispensary is devoted to children.
Home Nursing.
The Council has arrangements with two district nursing associations
for the home nursing of children under 5 years of age suffering from
pneumonia (all forms), bronchitis, diarrhoea, whooping cough, measles,
and any other condition where the medical attendant deems such assistance
desirable, and where the Medical Officer of Health approves.
Schick Clinic (Prevention of Diphtheria Clinic).
The Council has established a Clinic at the Welfare Centre, Sutherland
House, for the prevention of diphtheria. This Clinic is held each
Thursday afternoon, and was particularly established for the inoculation
of the toddler group of children.
It is the intention of the Council to make provision for these
preventive clinics in the new centres.