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257 attendances being recorded during the year. At the time of
writing the staff is fully occupied.
In conclusion, Sir, I desire to express my thanks to you for your
unfailing kindness. I am greatly indebted to Dr. D. M. Connan,
Assistant Medical Officer of Health, and to the Medical Officers in
charge of voluntary centres for their kindly co-operation. I am
greatly obliged to Messrs. H. W. Bush and A. Fair, of your office staff;
to Messrs. Knott, Love and Rogers of the Accountancy Department;
to Miss Lambert, the dental nurse and to Messrs. G. W. Clark and
W. B. Monger, the dental mechanics.
GRANTLEY SMITH,
Municipal Dental Officer.
Table I. —Dental Inspection of the Pre-School Child.
Number
Inspected.
Number of
Children
with Diseased
Teeth.
Average number
of Carious Teeth
per child of
those Diseased.
Age.
per cent.
34
2 years and under
13 = 32.3
4.7
44
3 years
32 = 72.7
4.4
29
29 = 100
4 years
4.9
5 years
30
30 = 100
6.3
Total
137
104 = 74
5.07