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Brentford and Chiswick 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE III.
| Group I.—Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanliness). Total Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's scheme | 1903 |
| Group II.—Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint. | |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 276 |
| Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) | 13 |
| Number of children for whom spectacles were: (a) Prescribed | 286 |
| (b) Obtained | 236 |
| Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat: | |
| Received Operative Treatment | 2 |
| Received other forms of Treatment | 7 |
| Total Number Treated | 9 |
DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
By setting out the statistical results of the School Dental
Service and the Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Service side
by side, an accurate assessment of the total work carried out can
be made without reference to two separate tables.
During 1946, Miss I. C. Miller, L.D.S., R.C.S., Glasgow,
was appointed whole-time Dental Officer and the staff now consists
of three whole-time Dental Officers, three whole-time and
one part-time Surgery Assistants and one clerk. The part-time
Surgery Assistant is engaged in work connected with the
Orthodontic Clinic and in clerical work.
The most important event during the year was the inauguration
of an Orthodontic Clinic, and in June Mr. C. F. Ballard,
MaR-C.S., L.R.C.P., L.D.S., Was appointed Orthodontist to
attend on two sessions a week. It is very obvious that this
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