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From this table it will be seen that 205 out of 411 did obtain
treatment, i.e.. 49.8%. This figure is certainly an improvement
over that of last year, 44 4%, but it is still evident that a very
large proportion of cases remain untreated.
Treatment of Eye Cases.
The children re.examined in order to see if they had secured
treatment was 138, of whom 56, or 40.6%, had been treated. The
source of the treatment in 95% of the cases was one or other of
the Voluntary Hospitals : the remaining 5% were treated by private
doctors.
Throat, Nose and Ear Cases.
The number of children examined was 244, of whom 57 7%
obtained treatment. In 74% of these the treatment was obtained
at a Voluntary Hospital.
Dental Conditions.
It is very important to observe that only 22.2% of cases had
obtained treatment. The reasons which operate to produce this
unsatisfactory result, are—
(1) The expense in securing proper treatment.
(2) Parents do not fully appreciate the evils of decayed
teeth.
In most cases the only treatment which is secured is the
extraction of the most decayed teeth or those actually causing pain,
practically no preservative work being done.
General.
The principal object of Medical Inspection is the detection of
defects, and it is only reasonable to expect that these defects
should be remedied. A considerable amount of time and money
is spent in detecting and following up the defects ; that being so,
it is desirable that this expenditure should not be unfruitful. I do
not think it is so entirely now, but I do think there is not a
good enough return. It does not of course concern materially the