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Milk.
Average number of pupils taking milk daily:—
Primary 5,994
Secondary 3,460
9,454
School Dental Service.
Report on Little Danson Clinic year ending 1959 (Contributed
by Mrs. A. B. Perkins, L.D.S., R.S.P.S., (Glas.)).
During 1959 approximately half the number of children
allotted to the surgery were inspected and 80% of these
required treatment.
It is encouraging to note that in the near future it will
be possible to inspect each school at least once per year and
that the number requiring treatment is being reduced. This,
is due not only to some reduction in caries but to the fact
that more parents are seeking treatment for their children
privately as well as at the clinic.
From October until December, due to shortage of staff,
one session per week was spent at Murchison Avenue Dental
Clinic.
Orthopaedic Clinics.
I am indebted to Mr. K. F. Hulbert, F.R.C.S., for the
following report:—
The Orthopaedic Clinics have continued on one Wednesday
every month throughout the past year. There has
been a general falling off in the number of cases attending
and there has been no marked alteration in the type of
cases referred. Postural defects of the spine and the feet
still form a large proportion of the cases seen.
There has been some improvement in the accommodation
provided during the past year, but this still falls far
short of what is really necessary.
And to Mr. B. Lawson, F.R.C.S., for the following:—
During 1959, I saw 35 new school children and 16
children under school age, making a total of 51. The clinics
were fairly large as these patients are seen at repeated
intervals as most of them require observation for minor
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