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The School was inspected twice during 1932.
All the children requiring treatment were referred and subsequently
treated at the Clinic. The Dental condition of these
children was very satisfactory as a whole. The majority of the
treatments being conservative for the preservation of the 1st and
2nd milk molars in the endeavour to keep these important teeth
for their allotted time in the jaw and until such time as their
permanent successors are due to erupt.
A few children required extractions for septic conditions of
the teeth.
The jaw development was good in most of the children and
the eruption of the teeth normal for their respective ages. Evidence
of the pernicious habit of "Dummy" and "Thumb-sucking" was
already present in a small number of children, and the mothers
were advised to discontinue the habit.
I have to thank Miss Whittingham for her kind co-operation
and help at the inspections and in securing the attendances at
the Clinic for treatment, and for her interest in the Dental welfare
of the children.
(19) Higher Educational Institutions.
The Institutions referred to here comprise—
(1) The Municipal College (Provided by the Authority).
(2) The West Ham Secondary School (Provided by the
Authority).
(3) St. Angela's High School for Girls (Ursuline Convent)
(Aided bjr the Authority).
(4) The Plaistow Secondary School (Provided by the
Authority).
(o) The West Ham High School for Girls (Aided by the
Authority).
MUNICIPAL COLLEGE.
The Local Authority undertakes the Medical Inspection of
certain students in attendance at this College, provided by them.
The students examined are (1) Junior Courses Engineering, first
and second year (2) Trade School for Girls (a) Preparatory (b)
Dressmaking, first and second year (c) Cookery, first and second
year (3) Junior Art Trade School for Boys and Girls.
Two visits are made during the year, in April and September,
and re-inspections are made of examinees from each previous
medical inspection.
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