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Appointments—
Routine appointments made 15005
Routine appointments kept 9253—61%
Special appointments made 1315
Special appointments kept 902—68%
Following Up.
In the case of children referred for treatment prior to throat
operation and failing to keep appointments non-attendance forms
are issued to the health visitors for following-up. During the
year 273 such forms were issued.
Preventive and Educative Measures.
Parents are encouraged to attend the Clinic with their
children, and opportunity is taken to give "chair side" talks,
many points of doubt being made clear as a result. Talks are
given to parents in school at the conclusion of inspections of five
and six-year olds. Leaflets setting out rules for the prevention of
decay are given to all parents attending the talks.
As previously reported a gramophone record of a talk on the
care of the teeth, made by the Chairman of the Dental Board, is
available for the use of teachers of hygiene. It is also taken to
schools when dental inspections are held.
A branch Dental Clinic was opened at 209, Selhurst Road,
in April, 1930. Since its inception 3,285 attendances by children
have been made, 1,035 fillings and 3,040 extractions carried out;
277 sessions being devoted to treatment and 45 to inspection. The
average attendance per session was 11.7 as against 13.0 at the
Lodge Road Clinic. The smaller number is due to the fact that
the Selhurst Clinic took some time to get known. In addition,
dislocation was caused through the illness of the Dental Clinic
Nurse.
The figures for this Clinic have been included in the main
dental tables, and no comparison of the work as between the two
Clinics has been made, as a number of cases would have been
counted twice owing to their having been transferred from Lodge
Road when the Selhurst Clinic was opened. It will be possible
to make such st comparison in 1931.