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(/) Dental Defects.
Of the 1,377 children requiring treatment found by the
School Dentist, 501 were actually treated, 359 being rendered
dentally fit before the end of the year.
Remarks by the School Dentist are given under the
paragraph on the Dental Clinic.
(g) Cripping Defects and Ortlwpcedics.
During the year 25 individual children received electrical,
massage and other forms of treatment at the Red Cross
Curative Post, Norbiton, making 1,276 total attendances.
The cost of the above out-patient treatment amounted
to £127 15s., towards which the parents contributed £41.
Two children were admitted to St. Vincent's Orthopaedic
Hospital, Eastcote, for in-patient treatment at a total cost of
£134, the parents only being able to contribute £18 5s.
towards this expenditure.
Parents' contributions show a decrease, for whereas last
year £68 was collected against a total expenditure of £234,
this year only £59 was received towards £262 spent on
Orthopaedic treatment.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
There was no school closure during the year for
infectious disease.
Chicken-pox was somewhat prevalent at Richmond Road
and St. Peter's Infants' School during the first four months
of the year.
Outbreaks of measles occurred at Richmond Road
Infants in February, All Saints' Infants in February and
March, Bonner Hill Road, St. John's and St. Peter's Infants'
Departments during April, May and June.
Though there were many cases, it was not regarded
desirable to close any of the Infants' Departments affected
by the measles outbreaks.
The prevalence of Diphtheria at Bonner Hill Road
Schools reported in last year's Annual Report continued
during January and early February. The Schools had been
thoroughly disinfected during the Christmas Holidays of
1927.
From mid-September for four weeks, thirteen cases of
diphtheria were notified among children attending St. John's