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The defects treated were as follows:-
Stammer 62
Dyslalia 120
Retarded speech and language 8
Hearing losses 5
Cleft Palate 7
Dysarthria 4
Neurological 1
Treatment not needed 1
Others 4
104 children of school age were discharged from the
Clinics during the year. In 70 cases the speech was normal.
Of the remaining 34 cases, 5 left the district, 9 improved,
4 ceased to attend, 5 left school, 5 were referred elsewhere,
6 did not require treatment.
SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE.
Mr. E.V. Haigh, Senior Dental Officer, reports as
follows: -
"Dental Clinics continued with little change during
1959 to give dental treatment to school children in
Mayesbrook Clinic and Valentines Clinic with two
surgeries each and one at Manford Way.
As in the past years it has been impossible to
obtain full-time Dental Officers to staff the Clinics
and we can only continue by using part-time Officers,
each one doing a few sessions per week. During 1959
several part-time Dental Officers had to reduce the
number of sessions they worked for us owing to their
private practice demanding more of their time. This
shortage of staff is due to the difference in remuneration
between private practice and school clinic
work.
The number of half days devoted to treatment
dropped by 334 but even so the number of children
actually treated was 3,339, only slightly less than
in 1958. The number of attendances made by these
children was 12,894.
It has become impossible to inspect regularly
the children at school; sufficient numbers apply for
treatment to keep the Dental Surgeons fully occupied.