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The highest whole time day attendance has been 43. No epidemic
has occurred among the children during the year.
The attendance of the Senior Girls' Class and of the Senior
Boys' Class has dropped for the satisfactory reason that pupils have
obtained employment of some kind. Should this employment cease
it is open to the parents to send them back again to the school.
Dental Treatment of Mentally Deficient Patients.
Mr. Senior, L.D.S.., carried out the following work on patients
coming within the scope of the Committee.
Occupation
Mental Deficiency Patients. Centre. Adults. Total. 1929.
Number examined 15 3 18 23
Referred treatment 11 3 14 13
Treated 7 3 10 7
Fillings 3 0 3 3
Extractions 18 16 34 10
"Gas" cases 4 3 7 1
Attendances 9 5 14 0
A large proportion of the patients exhibited swollen and spongy
gums. To meet the difficulty of the patients using a brush at home,
the co-operation of the supervisor was enlisted in teaching the use
of brushes on arrival at school and after the mid-day meal. The
chief difficulty to be overcome being the lack of accommodation for
rinsing purposes.
The reduction in the number of occupation centre patients
referred for treatment is due to previous treatment in 1929 and 1928.
Morland Road Home.
Frequent visits were paid to the home, and the teeth of all the
children were examined on repeated occasions. During the year
there were five extractions and two administrations of nitrous oxide.
Treatment of gum conditions was required for four children and
proved a difficult task since the patients were able to render little
or no assistance, what success was achieved was due to the constant
care exercised by the nursing staff.
ORTHOPÆDIC DEPARTMENT.
Orthopaedic cases, referred from the School, Maternity and
Child Welfare and Tuberculosis Departments are seen and treated
at the Croydon General Hospital by Mr. A. Todd, the orthopædic
surgeon attached to the Hospital, who holds a session every Thursday.
The arrangement is based financially on payment per attendance
of patients. Mr. Todd is also the consulting orthopædic
surgeon to the Mayday Road Hospital under the Public Assistance
Committee. In view of the rearrangements and adjustments in