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81
Number of mothers, having teeth extracted, to whom
"local" anaesthetics were given 15
Number of mothers having teeth filled or otherwise
treated 144
Number of mothers having dentures supplied 20
Number of mothers having dentures repaired 5
(b) Treatment of Children under 5 years of age.
Number of children treated 34
Number of attendances of children 37
Number of children, having teeth extracted, to whom
"general" anæeisthetics were given 30
Number of children having teeth filled or otherwise
treated 4

Ophthalmic Clinic.—Children under five years of age
who are found to be suffering from squint have been
referred to the Council Oculist for treatment either from
the Infant Welfare Centres or by the Health Visitors
from their home visits. If a squint is corrected by suitable
glasses at an early age it is possible to cure the
squint and also to preserve the sight of the affected eye. It is
therefore of considerable importance that children suffering from
these defects should be treated before they reach school age. It
is difficult to make parents understand the importance of this
work, and only a few accept the treatment offered them. The
following are the figures for 1923:—
(а) Number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed
and provided 14
(b) Number of children examined by Oculist for whom
spectacles were not prescribed 9
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—During the year arrangements
have been made with the Metropolitan Asylums Board for the
reception at their St. Margaret's Hospital of cases of Ophthalmia