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"Few patients are free from periodontal disease. The
indifference to it is due to the absence of pain until the
condition is very advanced. The young mother of to-day
was the school-girl of yesterday. Many of the patients were
children who received dental treatment while at school.
During the gap between leaving school and marriage there
must be a great neglect of oral conditions. That oral disease
may be passed on to the baby is matter of surprise to many
mothers. Some mothers are in the habit of tasting the
infant's food, and with the same spoon proceed to feed the
child. There is much work to be done in this respect, and it
is here where the health visitor in her professional visits is
able to do so much valuable propaganda."
(c) Tonsils and Adenoids.—Seven cases were operated on
under the arrangement made by the Education Committee
with the Connaught Hospital.
(d) Ophthalmic Defects and Minor Ailments.—Children
are given treatment either at the School Clinics or by special
appointment.
(e) Invalid Children's Aid Association.—Miss Lewis,
Secretary of the local Branch of the Invalid Children's Aid
Association, kindly reports that the following cases under five
years of age were dealt with by her Association:—
Referred by:—
Medical Men, Hospitals and Dispensaries 36
Orthopaedic Clinics 93
Others 4
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Suffering from :—
Anaemia and Debility 9
Marasmus and Malnutrition 4
Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Asthma, etc. 6
Bone Disease (non-T.B.) 75
Congenital Deformities 15
Paralysis 6
Hernia 2
Diseases of:—Glands, non-T.B 2
Digestive Organs 2
Nervous Conditions 4
Ear 2
Eye 2
Various 4
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