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The following interesting differences in the final results of
the examinations made during the years 1932 and 1933 indicate
the increasing benefit which the Nursery School system is conferring
on the younger child.
(a) Forty-nine more children underwent routine examination
in ,1933 than 1932, indicating a larger annual attendance at the
School, and consequently a better state of the child's health.
(b) A great diminution in the actual number and in the percentage
figure of defects found, and this in spite of the fact that
more children were examined in 1933. This is attributable to
several factors.
(c) The high standard of personal hygiene was found to
have been maintained, only 15 children requiring some attention
in respect of cleansing, and therefore making a lower percentage
figure than in 1932.
I should like to thank Miss Whittingham and the Nursery
School Staff for their kindly assistance in securing co-operation
between the Medical Staff and parents, and thus ensuring a
smooth working.
Miss Gubb reports on the Dental Examination and Treatment as
follows:—
"The Rebecca Cheetham Nursery School was inspected twice
during the year, and all children found to require treatment were
referred to the Clinic and subsequently treated.
The dental condition of the children as a whole was very
good, the jaw formations with few exceptions also good, and in
nearly all the children the normal eruption of teeth for their
respective ages was present.
The parents tend to show a greater interest in the preservation
of the teeth, even though they are 'only the baby teeth,'
and attend more willingly for conservative treatment. The
parents also seem to have a better understanding and appreciation
of the advice given to them with regard to the many factors
influencing the dental condition of their children.
I should like to thank Mfss Whittingham for her valuable
help and co-operation at all times with the parents and babies."
The Edith Kerrison Nursery School.
I his School has now completed its third year. During the
year 1933 four medical inspections—quarterly—were carried out.