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The number of inspections for 1932 has worked out a
little under that of the previous year. There has been a
less number of extractions performed, although there was
a slight increase in the number of gas cases that attended.
There is also a definite increase in the number of
conservative treatments (fillings, etc.) given, which indicates
that the parents are realising that it is important to preserve
the deciduous teeth as long as possible.
Speaking generally, the mouths inspected were in a
better condition than the previous year and a lesser number
failed to return for treatment.
F. Reginald Bate, L.D.S., R.C.S.,
Dental Surgeon.
Dr. D. I. Mart acts as anaesthetist for both Miss
Sutherland and Mr. Bate.
ORTHOPAEDIC TREATMENT.
During the year, the Orthopaedic scheme, arranged
with the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, was
terminated. A new scheme, arranged with the Queen's
Hospital, came into operation on the 1st October. Under
the revised arrangements any Medical Officer at the
Welfare Centres who finds a child requiring orthopaedic
treatment refers the child to one or other of the two
Orthopaedic Surgeons who attend weekly at the Queen's
Hospital. If in-patient treatment or any appliance is
recommended, it is provided by the Council, subject to
possible contribution by the parents under the Council's
income scale. The new scheme has led to much greater
promptitude in dealing with cases and to fuller information
being available concerning treatment,