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DENTAL TREATMENT.
Five hundred and thirty-eight attendances were made at the
Dental Clinic by Ante-Natal and Nursing Mothers and 180 children
under the age of five years.
Dentures were provided to 68 mothers.
CONVALESCENT TREATMENT.
Four children were sent away to Convalescent Homes.
EVACUATION OF EXPECTANT MOTHERS.
The London County Council scheme whereby expectant mothers
are evacuated to the country because of air-raids, continued
throughout the year, 137 mothers being registered for this purpose.
The scheme continued to work satisfactorily and the mothers
appreciated the facilities afforded them.
SPECIAL EVACUATION OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN UNDER
5 YEARS.
Owing to the increase in aerial activity during the summer
months evacuation facilities for expectant mothers and children
under 5 years of age were extended and a number of such mothers
and children took advantage of the scheme.
ORTHOPAEDIC TREATMENT.
During the course of the year 6 children suffering from Orthopaedic
defects received treatment either from your Medical Officers
or as a result of reference to Hospital and 7 were re-examined.
The following are the conditions from which the six children
suffered :
Knock-knees 1
Metatarsal Varus 2
Deformity of Toes 2
Webbed fingers 1
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
The campaign for the immunisation of children against diphtheria
continued throughout the year and 1133 children under
the age of five years were so immunised.