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Alopecia, 2. One case responded quickly and hair
commenced to grow.
Catarrhal Bronchitis, 4. Cough not so frequent
during treatment in three cases, but the fourth case did
not respond so well.
Nervous cases, 3. No great improvement was reported.
Septic skin, 3. These cases responded immediately to
treatment after four to six applications.
Ears, 3. The discharge became less in all cases and
general condition improved.
Rhevmatism, 6. Some improvement was shown in
these cases.
Anaemia, 3. There was great improvement in these
cases, lassitude disappeared and general condition im-
proved.
Gastritis, 1. General condition very much improved.
Gland.s, 2. Glands became smaller and general con-
dition showed marked improvement.
Report on the Work of the Dental Clinic.
Mr. T. S. Latham's report follows, and is in itsell
indicative of the very valuable work carried out by Mr.
Latham, who during the year had the part-time assistance
of Mr. Fairman J. Ordish on two sessions a week.
Saturday mornings are now allocated to maternity and
child welfare cases, and this branch of the Dental Service
is increasingly used by the mothers who come under the
care of the Municipal Midwifery Service. This dental
service to expectant and nursing mothers is an invaluable
one, and at the rate of its present growth likely to require
more than one session a week. up to the present time the
Local Authority does not provide dentures to these cases.
Mr. Latham reports as follows:
Inspection.
" During the year 1937 all schools under the Education Author:
received a dental inspection—with one exception. Princes Plain Senior
Girls' School—this school will he the first to he inspected in the New
Year.
In 1935, when we were without the assistance of Mr. Ordish at
the South Clinic, Princes Plain, no less than five schools were out