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(g) Ear Disease.
677 consultations were given and 540 children were treated at
the General Ear Clinic.
(See report of Aural Surgeon, p. 86.)
(h) Dental Defects.
I again respectfully advise the Committee to consider the
necessity for extending their activities in endeavouring to ensure
dental health and banish so many of those ills which originate
in the mouth. To this end the appointment of at least one additional
Dental Surgeon is a matter of extreme urgency.
It is estimated that one Dental Surgeon can deal satisfactorily
and efficiently with a school population of 5,000, that is to
say, he should be able to give complete treatment to all cases
found to require attention as the result of the dental inspection
of 5,000 children, and subsequently to examine and treat all
entrants and to re-inspect, and re-treat where necessary, at annual
intervals, all the children previously dealt with. This is the only
way to ensure freedom from oral sepsis and dental decay.
(See also Report of Dental Surgeon, p. 94.)
(i) Crippling Defects.
Orthopaedic treatment has been continued under arrangement
made with the Balaam Street Children's Hospital of the
Invalid and Cripple Children's Society.
The treatment at the hospital includes operative, electrical
and massage treatment, remedial exercises and the supply of
surgical appliances, and is carried out under the direction of an
orthopaedic surgeon.
Payment is made to the Hospital Authorities by a per capita
grant contribution in respect of East Ham scholars sent to the
Hospital through the School Medical Service.
All children referred by the Authority's Medical Officers to
the Hospital for treatment are kept under observation at frequent
intervals at one or other of the School Clinics, in order that the
progress of the cases may be watched and recorded, and to ensure
that treatment has not been allowed to lapse. If at any time such
a case fails to attend the School Clinic it automatically becomes in-