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Minor Ailments.
39 sessions were held and 80 treatments have been given to
children.
Dental Inspection and Treatment.
In the latter part of the year, Mr. G. E. Fritche was
appointed as School Dentist, and apparatus for a Dental Clinic
was installed at the Alexandra School Clinic. Mr. Fritche took
up his work on the 3rd October, and has inspected 216 six-year-old
children at four schools. The urgency of the need for dental
inspection and treatment may be judged from the fact that 185
children (or 85 %) were found to be in need of treatment. Mr.
Fritche attended six treatment sessions at the Dental Clinic and
gave 54 treatments. A charge of 6d. per attendance is made in
respect of dental treatment.
DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
During the year, further progress has been made in the
classification of Mentally Abnormal children, detailed examinations
of six children having been made, two of them being definitely
defective, and one other being classified as an idiot.
The numbers of other defective children have not materially
changed since the detailed statement made in the annual report
for 1914.