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The beneficial effect of dental treatment, in regard to gross
degrees of subsequent decay, is clearly brought out, while at the
same time the table shows the need of continued systematic supervision
year by year to deal with the minor degrees of fresh dental
decay which continue to manifest themselves, at any rate during
the earlier years of school life. The table further shows the rapid
change for the worse where a child has failed to obtain treatment
for the dental decay discovered during the course of inspection at
school.
Crippling Defects and Orthopaedics.
Three clinics dealing with various types of crippling defects
are conducted in a room allotted for the purpose at Welcome Hall,
Scarbrook Hill:—
(a) Spinal Remedial Class, in which children with various
degrees of spinal curvature receive corrective exercises and treatment
at the hands of Miss Appleton, the organiser of physical
training, under the general supervision of a medical officer who
attends at regular intervals to ascertain the progress made in each
case. The class is held on four afternoons in each week. The
following particulars refer to the work done at the clinic:—
No of children treated during the year 59
No. discharged as not requiring further treatment 27
No. discharged owing to irregular attendance 3
No. discharged, inadvisable to continue 1
No. discharged, left district or transferred to other
clincs 7
No. attending clinic on December 31st, 1924 21
Total attendances during the year 1580
This clinic draws its cases in part from children referred from
routine medical inspections in the schools, or from the school clinic,
and in part from corrective exercise classes, which were conducted
at the following schools :—
Ecclesbourne Girls.
British Girls.
Tavistock Girls.
Winterbourne Girls.
These corrective classes are arranged by the Head Teachers, and
include children picked out by the class teachers on account of
round shoulders, flat chest, curved backs, mouth-breathing, flat
feet, etc. The children are seen and suitable cases approved for
the class by a medical officer, who inspects them in association with