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Attendances made by Children for Treatment.
The figure 10,530 shown in the Board's Table is not the gross figure of school children's
attendances at the Dental Clinic, which was 12,584, all of which were nominally " attendances for
treatment," but, although making such attendances, only 10,530 were treated physically, the
remainder being referred for gas, inspected, treatment postponed, etc., which latter classes of
attendances were counted as special inspections.
It will be seen that the number of attendances made by children for treatment showed an
appreciable increase over the figures for 1933.
Emergency Cases.
This branch of the dental service has now been running for five years and is much
appreciated.
In order to save children from suffering pain, a scheme was devised whereby any urgent
dental case could be referred by any Head Teacher to the Clinic at 1.45 p.m. on any day when the
schools were open. On coming into the Clinic these cases are dealt with in addition to the normal
appointments, and take precedence over them.
During the year 1934, 912 cases were so referred by Head Teachers.
These facilities prove a boon both for teachers and children, and teachers are now using the
greatest care in only sending us cases of children in pain. Here and there a parent gets an
emergency ticket for a child not in pain, and in these cases, the teacher is always informed and left
to deal with the parent concerned.
Clinic Fees.
The Dental Clinic fee of 1s. payable by each patient, has again operated throughout the
year. It covers one year's ordinary treatment at the Dental Clinic, and includes a general
anaesthetic when this is necessary. Orthodontic fees are additional to this.
The fees taken at the Clinic during 1934 were as follows:—
From School Children treated (ordinary 1s. fee) £154 13 0
From School Children (Orthodontic fees) £154 9 9
From Maternity and Child Welfare cases treated—1s. fees £20 0 0
I. COHEN, l.d.s., r.c.s., eng.,
School Dental Surgeon.
ANNUAL REPORT OF ORTHODONTIC CONSULTANT.
The Orthodontic Section of the Heston and Isleworth Public Health Department has now
completed its fourth year of work, and is still the sole such organisation in the country existing
under recognition of the Board of Education.
In submitting my report for 1934 I am glad to be able to inform you that the large measure
of success achieved in previous years has not only been maintained but has been considerably
enlarged upon in the course of the past twelve months.
Before drawing your attention to some of the more interesting points which arise from a
review of last year's work, I should like to say how glad I am to note that the Board of Education
is still evincing a great deal of official interest in the progress of this pioneer scheme. I feel
certain that the gratifying results which have again been a marked feature of the work of the
Section during 1934 must have considerable weight in tending to convince the Board of the service
which could be rendered to the Nation by an eventual adoption of a National Orthodontic Scheme.
I shall return to this later.
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