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84 children of school age were discharged from the
Clinics during the year. In49 cases the speech was normal.
Of thr; remaining 35 cases, 1 left the district, 14 improved,
9 c< isedto attend, 1 left school, 5 were referred elsewhere,
2 did not require treatment, 3 refused further treatment.
SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE.
Mr. E. V. Haigh, Area Dental Officer, reports as
follows:-
"The dental services available to schoolchildren
continued during I960 on similar lines as in
previous years.
In February I960 a new dental clinic was
opened at Kenwood Gardens, the dental department
being completely separated from the other clinics.
It consists of one surgery, with provision for a
second surgery when the staff position improves,
recovery room, dental mechanics room, x-ray
facilities including dark room for developing films,
and waiting room. The opening of this new surgery
brought the total dental surgeries in Ilford to six;
Mayesbrook and Valentines having two surgeries
each and one surgery at Kenwood and at Manford
Way.
Becuase it is impossible to obtain full time
dental officers and very difficult to get part-time
officers, these surgeries are not fully operational.
During 1960 several part-time dental officers
resigned and by the end of the year we only had four
part-time dental surgeons doing 14 sessions per week