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(h) Dental Treatment.—In May your Committee agreed to an
enlargement of the School Dental Service by increasing the staff
from four to seven Dental teams, by the provision of three outlying
treatment centres and by participating in the facilities available
at the Dental Workshop set up under the Borough Council's
Municipal Dental Scheme.

(i) Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.—Details of the work
done under the scheme are given in the section dealing with
Defective Children.
(j) Heart Disease and Rheumatism.—The following is a report
on the work done at the Rheumatism Clinic during 1946:—
Number of sessions 8
„ „ new cases 79
„ „ old cases 63
„ „ attendances 142
„ discharged 40
„ still under treatment 44
„ of new cases with rheumatism or cardiac defect
„ referred for tonsils and adenoids 5
„ excluded from games and exercises 2
„ to begin games and exercises 2
„ referred for convalescent home treatment 2
In October Dr. Wilfrid Sheldon, who inaugurated the
Rheumatism Clinic in 1931, was compelled, owing to pressure of
work, to resign.
The resignation was received with very great regret in view
of Dr. Sheldon's long and happy association with the Borough
Health Services.
Dr. Sheldon has frequently expressed his appreciation of the
services provided in the Borough. In return it must be recorded
that his work at the cardiac clinic has helped produce a very marked
reduction in the permanent disabilities resulting from heart disease
and rheumatism.