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qualifying them to join the Scheme. One must regretfully
conclude that these parents and children are not yet sufficiently
enlightened to recognise the value of regular dental care, and
that some other factor, such as the requirement by employers
of some standard of dental fitness, is needed to impress the value
of such a scheme on those whom it was designed to benefit.
(i) Orthopaedic.—The following table of crippled children
attending the schools was completed with the aid of the Head
Teachers:—
Brentford Senior Boys'.
1. Boy aged 13 years
Brentford Senior Girls'.
2. Girl aged 15 years
3. Girl aged 14 years
4. Girl aged 13 years
Belmont Senior Mixed.
5. Girl aged 13 years
Canal Boat Department.
6. Boy aged 10 years
Hogarth Senior Boys'.
7. Boy aged 12 years
8. Boy aged 11 years
Hogarth Senior Girls'.
9. Girl aged 11 years
Lionel Road.
10. Boy aged 5 years
1 1. Girl aged 11 years
12. Girl aged 10 years
St. George's School.
13. Girl aged 8 years
St. John's School.
14. Girl aged 11 years
Strand Junior Mixed.
15. Girl aged 8 years
Congenital absence of upper
extremities.
Bones removed from feet.
Knee cap removed.
Spine grafted.
Infantile paralysis.
Infantile paralysis.
Infantile paralysis.
Infantile paralysis.
Osteomyelitis.
Infantile paralysis.
Tuberculosis of knee (quiescent).
Tuberculosis of knee (quiescent).
Infantile paralysis.
Infantile paralysis.
Infantile paralysis.
Orthopaedic Clinic.—This Clinic is held at Portsdown House
The Butts, Brentford, on Monday and Thursday afternoons. A
Specialist from the Stanmore Branch of the Royal National
Orthopaedic Hospital attends on the second Thursday in each
month and a trained Masseuse from the same Hospital attends
all sessions of the Clinic.