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Orthopaedic Surgeon's Report for 1945.
I do not think there are any special comments to be made.
The Clinic is gradually increasing in size, there being a very
considerable increase in the number of new cases seen, the number
of cases attending for examination, and in the numbers
attending for treatment. In the tabulation of new cases above
there is nothing outstanding apart from the increase in the
number of non-rachitic knock knees, which I do not consider
is probably of any particular importance; but there is almost
100 per cent. increase in the number of cases of flat feet which
were seen. As I have said elsewhere, I consider the increase in
feet defects in children is very considerably due to the inferior
footwear which is available for them.
(Signed) J. A. CHOLMELEY, F.R.C.S.
Dental Services.
Since the end of the war the returns of the Dental Department
have shown a welcome over-all increase, but not quite so
much as I had hoped. No doubt this slow recovery has been
due as much to the lack of equipment, which has kept one
surgery almost completely out of action since last Easter, as to
the unrest and extra holidays caused by the Elections.
The only remarkable happening has been the growth of the
Orthodontic Scheme. Many parents now attend to seek advice,
and there seems to be an increasing knowledge of the advantages
of a healthy mouth with teeth in good occlusion. Indeed,
it is not going too far to say that it is in this field that we will
find our strongest weapon in the struggle to control the incidence
of dental decay in young adults.
(Signed) JAMES H. GLEN, L.D.S.