[Report 1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, South Shields County Borough.

  • South Shields (Durham, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / School Medical Officer of Health, South Shields County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A few orthodontic cases have been referred to the Sutherland Dental Hospital and at the present time a few cases are still attendino^ for treatment. o The XJi’ejudice against conservative work still exists and in some cases parents think that dental treatment is unnecessary until the need is obvious, i.e. when toothache begins. Curiously enough, there are some people who want teeth filled when extraction is the only treatment possible. Generally speaking, the oral condition of the children, continues to improve and in some of the senior schools it is particularly gratifying to note the well-cared-for condition the mouths. Altogetiier there has been a big improvement during the last few years. Tlie teeth of the children in the infant schools has also improved considerably and there are not nearly so many septic mouths as there were a few years ago. The invitation to parents to be present at the first dental inspection of infants has resulted in over 60of the parents attending.” Hospital Treatment. Facilities for free medical treatment were made available to sciiool children at the South Shields hospitals and several l.os])itals in the area. From January 1st until July 4th, under the arrangements made by the Education Authority, 203 children spent 3,723 days in hospital and 244 children made 646 attendances at out-patients departments during 1948. This is exclusive of tonshs ancl adenoids, tuberculosis and orthopaedic arrangements. Physical Education. The following is a report by the Physical Education Organisers, Miss J. W. Thompson and Mr. W. Yielder. ‘‘ The wet summer of 1948, in marked contrast to the previous year, interfered somewhat with outdoor physical training and games esj^ecially in schools with no indoor accommodation, but this was largely balanced by the unusually dry and mild winter which followed.