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Very few orthopaedic defects were found, none of them
serious. There were in fact only 8 cases of knock-knee which
needed observation.
A reference to the condition of teeth in school entrants and
the improvement that has taken place will be found in another
part of this report dealing with the school medical service.
This survey of our entrants shews that generally children are
entering our schools in sound nutrition with but a few defects
which should have been remedied before entering school. In most
cases treatment has been offered to the parents but had been refused.
I know that the Committee will not be satisfied until all our
children attend school completely sound in wind and limb, and
that the present situation should not cause us to adopt an attitude
of complacency but should be an encouragement to an intensification
of our present efforts.
Once again I would ask the Committee to accept my thanks
for their courtesy throughout the year. It has been very pleasant
to realise not only during 1943, but in all other years, that any
suggestion I might make for the betterment of the Health of the
women and children of the district would always be received not
only w'th encouragement and help but also with enthusiasm
I am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
D. H. GEFFEN,
Medical Officer of Health.