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supplied in previous years. Fifty sets (complete or partial) of artificial teeth were
supplied during the year at a total cost of £241 4s. Od. Payments by mothers
amounted to £132 10s. Od.
Arrangements were made with the London County Council for an X-ray
examination in dental cases whenever the dental surgeon considered this necessary,
at the cost of 7s. 6d. per attendance. No such cases were referred during the year.
Orthopaedic Treatment for Children under Five Years of Age.—
Children requiring orthopaedic treatment are referred to the remedial clinic of the
Woolwich Invalid Children's Aid Association. The Council pay for children under
five years of age sent by their medical officers to the clinic, 2s. Od. per attendance
for cases requiring massage or electrical treatment and is. 6d. per attendance for
any other form of treatment. The cost of these services for the year was £223 2s. 6d.
Only cases recommended by the Medical Officer of Health are included in this
scheme, and payment is only made for the number of attendances approved by
him. Including children where wedges only were necessary, and others where
temporary splinting only was required, the children referred to the clinic required
treatment for the conditions set out under tabulated headings in Table No. 83,
which is set out below.
All children referred to this clinic are carefully "followed up" either by the
Voluntary Visitors of the Association or by the Council's Health Visitors.
The Woolwich Invalid Children's Aid Association's main clinic is in Thomas
Street, Woolwich, but arrangements were made during the year for the treatment
of Eltham children on two half days per week at the Health Centre, Westhorne
Avenue. The Association found that the attendance of Eltham children at Woolwich
was a very difficult problem for Eltham mothers and thought it would be desirable
if temporary arrangements were made with the Council, pending the building of
a new orthopaedic centre at Eltham, to be housed in the new Health Centre in
Sherard Road.