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219. In Hong Kong, as elsewhere, the School Medical Officers found their work greatly handicapped by the absence of school clinics where those who could not afford the services of a private practitioner and who required treatment could receive the necessary attention. Cards to hospitals and Chinese Public Dispensaries did not meet the case. The children either did not attend or, if they did attend, refrained from making a second visit. The reasons for failure to take advantage of the opportunity of obtaining free advice and treatment are several. The natural disinclination of the ordinary child to go alone to a hospital or dispensary, the lack of sympathy shown by the average Hospital subordinate unless tipped, the time taken up in transport and waiting for one's turn to be seen are all factors which tend to make the practice of treatment of school children at hospitals and Chinese Public Dispensaries a failure.
220. To have any chance of success, the child must be treated in a clinic, conveniently situated, by the doctor and the nurse whom he knows and in whom he has confidence.
221. It was this situation which stimulated the school medical officer to move for the creation of school clinics.
In September 1981, a small room at the Ellis Kadorie School in the centre of the City of Victoria was fitted up as a minor ailment clinic. The use of the clinic was open to scholars from any school, but it was soon found that, as a rule, it was attended only by those from schools within a comparatively short radius. Time and expense of transport prevented its use by those further afield. It was no use at all to Kowloon. In October 1932, the second clinic was started at Yaumati School in Kowloon.
222. The paucity of the Medical Staff prevented full use being made of the clinics. The Ellis Kadoorie Clinic was open two mornings a week for any case attending; on Tuesday afternoons it was reserved for chest cases, and on Friday afternoons for ear cases. The Yaumati Clinic was open on Thursday afternoons only.
223. Altogether 1,286 examinations or treatments have been given at Ellis Kadoorie and 195 at Yaumati. The Clinic entailed an increase in the number of cases to be visited by nurses.
224. The largest percentage of defect is that of vision. Vision is tested on entry to school and in Class 5. Among entrants, 1,037 have been tested, of which 20 per cent showed slight defects and 13 per cent serious defects. In Class 5, there were 477 examined with 16 per cent slight and 12 per cent serious defects. Among scholarship holders, there were 11.26 per cent of serious defects.
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219. In Hong Kong as elsewhere the School Medical Officers found their work greatly handicapped by the absence of school clinics where those who could not afford the services of a private. practitioner and who required treatment could receive the neces- sary attention. Cards to hospitals and Chinese Public Dispen- saries did not meet the case. The children either did not attend or if they did attend refrained from making a second visit. The reasons for failure to take advantage of the opportunity of obtain- ing free advice and treatment are several. The natural dis- inclination of the ordinary child to go alone to a hospital or dis- pensary, the lack of sympathy shown by the average Hospital subordinate unless tipped, the time taken up in transport and waiting for one's turn to be seen are all factors which tend to make the practice of treatment of school children at hospitals and Chinese Public Dispensaries a failure,
220. To have any chance of success the child must be treated in a clinic, conveniently situated, by the doctor and the nurse whom he knows and in whom he has confidence.
221. It was this situation which stimulated the school medi- cal officer to move for the creation of school clinics.
In Sept. ember 1981 a small room at the Ellis Kadorie School in the centre of the City of Victoria was fitted up as a minor ailment clinic. The use of the clinic was open to scholars from any school_but it was soon found that, as a rule, it was attended only by those from schools within a comparatively short radius. Time and expense of transport prevented its use by those further afield. It was no use at all to Kowloon. In October 1932 the second
clinic was started at Yaumati School in Kowloon.
222. The paucity of the Medical Staff prevented full use being made of the clinics. The Ellis Kadoorie Clinic was open two mornings a week for any case attending; on Tuesday after- noons it was reserved for chest cases, and on Friday afternoons for ear cases. The Yaumati Clinic was open on Thursday after- noons only.
223. Altogether 1,286 examinations or treatments have been given at Ellis Kadoorie and 195 at Yaumati. The Clinic entailed an increase in the number of cases to be visited by nurses.
224. The largest percentage of defect is that of vision. Vision is tested on entry to school and in Class 5. Among en- trants 1,037 have been tested, of which 20 per cent showed slight defects and 13 per cent serious defects. In Class 5 there were 477 examined with 16 per cent slight and 12 per cent serious defects. Among scholarship holders there were 11.26 per cent of serious defects.
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