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Teeth filled 17,539
Teeth extracted 7,399
General anaesthetics 2,397
Emergencies 1,501
Sessions devoted to treatment 3,397
As was agreed with the Inspector of the Department of Education and Science
last year an X-ray machine was installed at Avenue Road Clinic and five clinics now
have these facilities.
Dental Health Education
Reference is made in the section dealing with Health Education in schools of
the work of the dental auxiliary during the year. It also contains an account of the
visit of Pierre the Clown.
Prevention of Infectious Disease
The School Health Service, in conjunction with the Council's other health
services, is responsible for the control of all infectious disease in schools. In
practice those which most frequently call for action are as follows:-
(1) Gastro-intestinal infections
The most usual infection is dysentery, which is not uncommon in schools,
and in the case of infants schools it is usually difficult to control. The
type of disease, however, is rarely serious, although it is usually confused
in the minds of parents with much more serious types of dysentery. During
the last two weeks of January 46 children and 3 adults at North Ealing
School were affected with diarrhoea and sickness. A medical officer
visited and gave advice on general hygiene. Specimens were taken from all
staff and affected children and a Public Health Inspector visited the school
daily. All precautions were taken to prevent the infection spreading.
In June, North Road School had a number of children and 4 staff away with
diarrhoea and sickness. Specimens were taken and no further action was
required.
At the beginning of July there were several cases of Sonne dysentery in
children attending Featherstone Infants School. The infection appeared to
be in 3 classes and 6 children were known to be positive Sonne dysentery.
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