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Audiometry
41 children were tested during the year at the school.
Vaccination and Immunisation of School Children
1968 I969
Poliomyelitis 18 36
B.C.G.
School Children
and 347 242
Students tested
No. vaccinated 211 103
Diptheria/Tetanus 69 49
Infectious Diseases Reported from Schools
1968 1969
Chickenpox 1 21
Measles 2
Mumps 8 2
Impetigo - 1
Conjunctivitis
Whooping Cough 1-
German Measles 1-
Tonsillitis - 2
Chiropody Service in School
(See Report under Section 28 National Health Service).
REPORT OF THE DENTAL OFFICER, CITY OF LONDON
A full year has now been completed, in which the Dental Officer has done only three days
clinical work per week in the Corporation Surgery, (on the remaining two days he is on secondment
to the I.L.E.A. at County Hall).
So far as school children are concerned, there has been no reduction in the service provided
for them, but, in the case of the adults on the Corporation Staff, it has meant that it has not
been possible to operate a recall service This is regrettable, but the pressure forurgent treatment
is too continuous and too great to permit routine maintenance checks The considerable turnover
in Corporation Staff being experienced presently, accounts for the high demand for urgent treatment.
i.e. new members, who have probably not had treatment for some considerable time. An
examination can always be arranged within a reasonable time on request.
Sir John Cass's Foundation School
At last one can move out of the gloomy depths of recent dental reports and state that a
measure of stability has been achieved regarding the health of the children's mouths.
This means that although the incidence of decay is only fractionally down, the treatment
has caught up with it, and by and large, children leave Sir John Cass's School, for senior
schools, with reasonable mouths. It has unfortunately to be stated once again, that children
who reside in the City, (as distinct from those who come to school from outside it), have, on
the whole, very much worse mouths.
New school entrants, i.e. 5 year-olds, showed a reduction in the number requiring treatment,
compared with last year.
A considerable amount of orthodontic treatment has been done during the year with good
results. Orthodontic treatment, is a complete waste of time and money, unless there is complete
co-operation from both child and parent and it is pleasant to state that, this is increasing very
slowly—but surely—among these children and their parents.
City of London School, City of London School for Girls
A considerable number of those seen have attended for orthodontic treatment, and on the
whole they have co-operated well with good results.
The mouths of those seen are slightly above the national average, so far as the incidence
of decay is concerned.
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