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condition without waiting for dental disease or irregularity to show
itself.
With a larger dental staff it would be possible to take greater
advantage of this tendency by encouraging frequent visits for
examination, by bi-annual school inspections, and also by talks
on the teeth.
Maternity and Child Welfare.
The number of mothers treated during the year 1946 increased
from the previous year's figure of 109 to 172; and that of infants
from 101 to 188, the mothers making a total of 440 visits and the
infants a total of 286.
There was a general all-round increase in the amount of work
done for these patients, but at the year-end there were some
16 mothers awaiting dentures whose gums were not yet ready for
the impression stage, consequently they were held over till the
following year and are not able to be shown in this report.
A detailed summary of the work carried out will be found in
the Maternity and Child Welfare Section of the Health Report.
Orthopædic Clinic.
Examinations.
Primary examinations 59
Re-examinations 136
Treatment.
Number of children who attended for 216
Attendances made 1,793
The findings at the primary examination were
Deformities—Bones and Joints.
(a) Congenital—
Shortening right lower limb 1
Deformity digits—foot 9
Dislocation of hip—right and left 1