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(b) Treatment of Children under 5 years of age.
Number of children treated 94
Number of attendances of children 103
Number of children, having teeth extracted, to whom
"general" anaesthetics were given 74
Number of children having teeth filled or otherwise treated 27
The following are the figures for the past five years:—
1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929.
Number of mothers treated .. 203 241 189 183 136
Number of children treated .. 89 85 96 79 94
Ophthalmic Clinic.—Children under five years of age who
are found to be suffering from squint have been referred to the
Council Oculist for treatment either from the Infant Welfare
Centres or by the Health Visitors from their home visits. The
following are the figures for 1929:—
(а) Number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed
and provided 30
(b) Number of children examined by Oculist for whom
spectacles were not prescribed 19
The Ministry of Health, in a letter dated January, 1923,
sanctioned expenditure and the payment of grant for the examination
and treatment of the eyes of expectant and nursing mothers
where such treatment tended, in the opinion of the Medical Officer
of the Centre, to preserve the mother's health during pregnancy
and lactation.
Since the middle of 1924 a number of nursing mothers, whose
sight has become impaired, have been referred to the Council
Oculist for treatment from the Infant Welfare Centres.
Eleven mothers were so treated in 1929.
Orthopaedic Clinic.—An arrangement has been made with the
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, whereby an Orthopaedic
Surgeon, Mr. J. B. Barnett, F.R.C.S., attends a Clinic held at the
Public Health Offices once a month. He attended the first session
on December 20th. Arrangements have also been made for the
attendance three times a week of a qualified Orthopaedic Masseuse