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conserved. Bearing these facts in mind and making- some
allowance for an ever-increasing Maternity and Child Welfare
Service, this area with its school population of over 6,000, requires
a minimum of four full-time Dental Officers to provide an adequate
service. The raising of the school leaving age will be an
important factor in assessing future staff requirements. The provision
of a new and expanded centre at Chiswick would allow
staff increases to be effected. The proposed third surgery at
Chiswick will allow the Orthodontic scheme to grow without interfering
with the normal work of the service, but it will not satisfy
all future needs.
No report would be complete which did not pay tribute to
the very valuable help which the service continues to receive from
Head Teachers and their staffs. Their willing co-operation is
a most important factor in the provision of a satisfactory service
to the children.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT RETURNS.
YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1945.
TABLE I.
MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
A.—Routine Medical Inspections.
(1). No. of inspections :—
Entrants—807; Second Age Group—78; Third Age
Group—369; Total—1254.
(2). No. of other Routine Inspections—371.
Grand Total—1625.
B.—Other Inspections.
No. of Special Inspections and Re-Inspections—1991.
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