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Speech therapy students have continued to make observation
visits to the clinic throughout the year, to observe the treatment of
children attending the clinic. They have been most helpful and
interested in the treatment and gradual improvement of the children.
DENTAL SERVICES
During 1963 our dental services are gradually being increased,
More dental health education is'being carried out in the schools and
Clinics and both parents and children are becoming dentally conscious,
Dental inspections have been trebled since the previous year and we
are now using a recall system by vAich school children on our
Register a re sent six-monthly inspection appointments. We are grativiewed
it hat about 50% of the parents do appreciate this service. I should
ike to see this periodic dental inspection extended beyond the
school-leaving age. This might be possible if we can restart our
Public Dental Service, which last operated in 1956.
A dental Exhibition was held in Eastbury School in October, to
which children in Schools in the vicinity were invited.
The Dental Laboratory, despite the fact that they are one
senior Dental Technician short, are working at full pressure. It is
interesting to note that 513 Orthodontic appliances were supplied
to the 22 County Clinics and 107 to the Barking Clinics in 1963.
The Laboratory also covers all other types of mechanical dental
work.
SCHOOL NURSING
The Health Visitors as school nurses find their work involves
them more and more in the daily life of the schools, for it is necessary
not the prevent ion of illness and physical defects and the mainbeenanace
of good health standards continue to remain at the present
five level. Fortunately, most ailments can be detected and treated
Morly so it is seldom necessary for children to have long absences
whom school.
It has been noted for some years that fewer parents attend
their children's medical inspections at school and because of this
health visitors increase in the number of home visits re-
discribed after school inspections.
Regular hygiene inspections made by health visitors in the
schools still remain a necessity and although head infestation is
Electrively small, it would not do to relax vigilance particularly with
are present trend of longer hair styles of both boys and girls. Most
these found today are more in the nature of accidents than the
result of neglect.Parents and children alike can be assured that the
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