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Mr. H. A. L. Morris, the School Dentist, reports as
follows:—
"During the year five sessions per school week were
devoted to dental inspection and treatment. In all, 33
sessions were given to inspection at the Schools and 184 to
treatment at the Clinic.
The programme for the year was similar to that for
1933, and included inspection of all the age groups, and
treatment of those for whom consent was obtained. Also
all the children attending the Open Air School were
inspected and treated.
A special effort was made to obtain the consent of
parents who had consistently declined the annual offer of
treatment for their children. This action resulted in an
increased number of cases attending the Clinic. These cases
present permanent teeth which are unsavable and require
extraction.
This method has the disadvantage of leading parents to
believe that they can ignore advice as to early treatment and
wait until the child is actually in pain before applying for an
appointment.
Previous policy has been to impress parents that early
treatment to save the teeth is essential, and that should they
neglect to take advantage of the offer the child may suffer
later, when it will be difficult for them to obtain an appointment.
Pamphlets on the care of the teeth supplied by the
Dental Board were distributed."
(f) Crippling Defects and Orthopœdics.
During the year 15 individual children received electrical,
massage, and other forms of treatment at the Red Cross
Curative Post, Norbiton, making 275 total attendances.
The cost of the above out-patient treatment amounted
to £27 10s., towards which the parents contributed
£10 14s, 7d.
Two children were admitted to St. Vincent's Orthopaedic
Hospital, Eastcote for in-patient treatment.