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Medical Treatment.
treatment, and practical experience has demonstrated
that it is better to clear the mouth of these defective
teeth at one sitting " under gas," than to attempt to
take them out at several sittings or to fill them as a
matter of routine. By this procedure time is saved
not only to the child but to the dentist, who finds
at subsequent examinations, as a result, clean and healthy
mouths and no bad results from the free extractions.
During the year 14 children suffered from dental
deformities, such as superior protusion, underhung
jaw, general crowding and interlocking of teeth and
open bite, were submitted to the Royal Dental Hospital.
Under the arrangement made between the
Hospital and the Education Committee 20 cases can
be submitted for treatment during the year at a cost
to the Committee of £10 10s. Od. as a subscription
and 7s. 6d. for each plate required. Most of the cases
are still under care, but four in which the treatment has
been completed, are reported by the dentist to have been
markedly improved.
(i) Crippling Defects and Orthopaedics.—In the
Special Report on Crippled Children printed in the
Annual Report for 1920 it was pointed out that the
Committee recognised the need for a special open-air
school for crippled children, and that efforts to secure
a suitable site had failed. It was also pointed out that
arrangements were being entered into with the King
Edward Memorial Hospital for indoor and outdoor
treatment for such cases. Now that the edict has gone
forth that economy has to be exercised, the project of
a special school will have to remain in abeyance. Fortunately,
however, the scheme of treatment at the King
Edward Hospital received the sanction of the Board