Just about every boy would have visited the 'San' at some time during their stay at school. Probably the most common reason was to get the sweat induced 'Jock Rash' treated with a swabbing of iodine, applied liberally and without much compassion. Malcolm was amongst those numbers on more than one occasion. He could remember a few other instances when he needed medical attention

The first was when he developed a temperature and rash. He was placed into isolation to see if the condition developed but was apparently forgotten for some hours. The time came when he needed to go to relieve himself but, having been told to stay where he was, he did not dare leave the room without permission and he was unable to raise anyone's attention. He became desperate and had to do something so, with a bit of lateral thinking, he came up with a plan which can not reasonably be described here, but it involved a tubular curtain rod and an open window. By the morning he was well enough to return to normal school life.

The second memory was when he had developed excruiating toothache. It was decided that he should be taken to a dentist to have the offending tooth extracted. He sat and waited in the 'San' but the taxi never turned up. As it was, the tooth got better later in the day and the matter ended there.

There was a third occasion but Malcolm could not remember the reason that kept him in bed for a few days. There were other boys present so it may have been an epidemic of some sort. There was a major epidemic when Asian 'flu struck at the beginning of the Christmas term in 1957 when dormitories were commandered and boys sent home. The invoice for Malcolm's fees that year showed that a rebate was given.

One abiding memory that Malcolm has of the sanitorium is the reading matter which comprised solely of a stack of prewar Scottish Motor Magazines, the house magazine of a bus company. He suspects have may have read them all.

According to The School List, when Malcolm started at Worksop the Matron was Mrs Darley-Usmar, the Assistant Matron was Miss Meyers, the Sister was Miss F Johnson and the Sanitorium Assistant was Miss Pirie-Watson. Dr Venables was the visiting GP and Malcolm could remember him giving him his 'medical'. Mrs Darley-Usmar left in 1955 and was repaced by Miss M Moore. Miss Myers retired that same year. Miss Pirie-Watson left in 1956 but her post was not refilled.

On the subject of medical matters, the boys were convinced that Bromide was added to their tea at intervals. An assumption drawn from times when the tea was unusually strong and dark.