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1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
New cases 3,757 3,356 3,106 2,990 2,397 1,782 2,017 1,565 1,570
Attendances 14,112 11,515 10,000 10,634 8,544 7,019 5,797 3,714 3,883
(e) Dental Treatment:—
School Dental Service.
The Committee had under consideration a communication
from the Local Education Authority inviting observations on a
proposal that the establishment of staff for the County Health
Department be varied by the creation of four posts of Area Dental
Officer with a view to arrangements being made for the grouping
of two or more Health Areas under each Officer. In this connection
it was tentatively suggested that the Boroughs of Walthamstow
and Leyton with the Forest Division be grouped.
Resolved:—(a) That the Local Education Authority be
informed that the Committee reaffirms their previous resolution
urging the retention of the post of Senior Dental Officer in
Walthamstow, which was held by Mr. L. W. Elmer until his
retirement recently.
(b) That a full statement of the facts and of the Committee's
views on various aspects of this matter, including the size of the
establishment of Dental Officers in Walthamstow, their appointment
as officers within the Education Service and the appointment of
one of them as a Senior Dental Officer be sent to the Chairman
of the Finance and General Purposes Sub-Committee of the Essex
Education Committee.
Priority Dental Service.
The Health Area Sub-Committee agreed to equip the dental
surgeries at the Town Hall for the new air jet spray technique and
in order that this might be done, two of the three dental units
previously approved for purchase during the current financial year
had been deferred. The Sub-Committee had also agreed that the
screening of the surgeries at the Town Hall should be completed
at an approximate cost of £112, of which £36 would be charged
to the Education Account.
Mr. G. P. L. Taylor submits the following report:—
"Since the retirement from the School Dental Service in
December, 1956, of Mr. L. W. Elmer, there has been no Senior
Dental Officer in Walthamstow. This has made the control and
administration of the Dental Department more awkward. In addition,
the loss of Mr. Elmer's professional services, the resignation
of Mr. P. J. Pearce and the temporary absence of Mr. J. C. Timmis
on a course of instruction at the Royal College of Surgeons, has
substantially reduced the professional strength of the Department.