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2. Dental Services.
The appointment of an Assistant Dental Surgeon has enabled
the Dentist to interview parents at the schools, and many more
acceptances of treatment have been obtained. Much more rapid
treatment of the defects found at the Dental Inspections has also
been possible.
3. Orthopaedic Treatment.
The establishment of the Orthopaedic Clinic has enabled a very
complete control of the crippled children in the Borough to be
maintained; it has also obviated the great difficulty which parents
have experienced in the past, of taking these children long distances
to Orthopaedic Departments in London.
The establishment of the Remedial Exercises Clinic will, I am
convinced, have a profound effect upon the physical condition of
the school children in the district.
An agreement between the Corporation and the Royal National
Orthopaedic Hospital was concluded on the 8th October, and haa
received the approval of the Board of Education. The Scheme
provides for the attendance at the Orthopaedic Clinic held at the
Public Health Offices of an Orthopaedic Surgeon (Mr. J. B. Barnett,
F.R.C.S.), once a month, or at more frequent intervals as may be
arranged, for the purpose of examining patients as may be submitted
to him by the School Medical Officer or the Medical Officer
of Health. The Scheme also provides for the attendance of a
qualified Orthopaedic Nurse Masseuse at the Orthopaedic Clinic for
the carrying out of such treatment as may from time to time be
prescribed by the Orthopaedic Surgeon.
The Orthopaedic Surgeon will normally attend the Clinic on
the third Friday in each month, at 2 p.m. Owing to the number of
cases outstanding, intermediate Clinics will have to be arranged
during the first quarter of 1930.
The Orthopaedic Masseuse will normally attend the Clinic on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday, at 10 a.m.. to carry out the
treatment recommended.