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The activities of operator and attendant are carefully
co-ordinated, so that there is no overlapping of duties and no
period of inactivity for either. Thus, for instance, the "inter
patient" procedure, whereby all soiled equipment is replaced
by clean as described above and the treatment recorded, takes
less than two minutes from the moment one patient leaves the
chair until the stage is set for the next patient.
After a year of constant use, there is no doubt that such a
system, besides ensuring the most economical use of the dental
surgeon's time, does produce an atmosphere of peace and
harmony which has a most soothing effect on both patient and
operator.
(i) Orthopaedic.—The following table of crippled children
attending the schools was completed with the aid of the Head
Teachers:—
Belmont Senior Mixed
1. Girl aged 11 years. Stiff right knee.
Belmont Junior Mixed
2. Boy aged 10 years. Defective leg.
Brentford Senior Girls
3. Girl aged 13 years. Infantile Paralysis.
Canal Boat Department
4. Boy aged 13 years. Paralysis of left leg.
Central Boys' School
5. Boy aged 14 years. Shortened leg, due to hip disease.
Ealing Road Special Class
6. Boy aged 11 years. Injured pelvis.
7. Boy aged 8 years. Infantile Paralysis.
Lionel Road Junior Mixed
8. Girl aged 10 years. Knee and leg in irons.
9. Girl aged 9 years. Shortened leg.
10. Boy aged 8 years. Heart and Rheumatism,