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Dental Defects.—Table IV. gives details of the dental
inspection of school children, 4,291 were dentally inspected at
the elementary schools and 2,763 referred for treatment. Of
these, 1,251 were treated for the first time and 452 received subsequent
treatments. The Table also shows statistically the dental
treatment given at the Clinic. Extractions included 174 permanent
and 1,660 temporary teeth and fillings, 1,086 permanent and 93
temporary. Gas administrations numbered 233.
On account of dental deformities 127 children were referred
to the Royal Dental Hospital, and of these 10 obtained treatment
under the arrangement made between the Education Authority
and the Royal Dental Hospital.
Crippling Defects and Orthopaedics.—Most of these cases
were referred for special treatment to the National Orthopaedic
Hospital, London, but under arrangements made by the Education
Committee, six cases of spinal curvature, one case of flat foot
and one of infantile paralysis were treated at the King Edward
Hospital with beneficial results.

Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids.—Table IV. indicates that
fifty-five cases of enlarged tonsils or adenoids were successfully
operated upon at the School Clinic and ten at hospitals or by
private practitioners. In addition, twenty-three cases of other
abnormal nasal conditions received treatment at the School Clinic.