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BOROUGH OF HORNSEY.
BAD TEETH AND ILL-HEALTH
Very many people do not understand how much ill-health
and disease is caused by dirty mouths and bad teeth. Very
many illnesses start because of bad teeth. Nobody wants to
suffer from chronic ill-health, and no one wants a child to grow
up only to be an invalid.
The following diseases and enfeebling conditions are caused
through bad teeth:—Ulceration and Inflammation of the
Mouth and Throat, Gastritis, Dyspepsia and Indigestion, some
cases of Appendicitis, Enlarged Glands and Abscesses in the
Neck, Tuberculosis (or Consumption), Rheumatism, Anaemia.
All these crippling conditions, which wreck the health and
happiness and lead to disease and death, are caused by bad teeth.
It is especially important to take care of the teeth of growing
children. Decayed teeth should be pulled out or filled, and no
child should be allowed to keep even one rotten tooth in its
mouth. One bad tooth makes others go bad, and a child who
has bad teeth is a child who is being slowly poisoned.
It is especially important to take care of the first set of
teeth (the milk teeth), for, if these are allowed to decay, then
the permanent teeth will be damaged.
We all of us want to see the children in this town growing
up strong and healthy, and for this reason the Education
Authority has established a Dental Clinic at 5,Topsfield Parade
(close to the Clock Tower), Crouch End, where Dental Surgeons
will give dental treatment to all school children. In this way
we hope to save the lives of some children and to safeguard
the health of many more.
It is never too early to begin to prevent disease, and it is
much easier and better to put a child's teeth right than to try
to cure the young man or woman in a few years' time who has
some crippling and distressing disease. So while the child is at
school make the fullest use of the Dental Clinic that has been
provided for the treatment of school children's teeth, and the
child will thank you in years to come.
To prevent the decay of teeth.
1. Do not let the child eat sweets, especially at night-time.
2. Make it use a toothbrush night and morning.
Take an interest in the Health and the Teeth of your Child.
A. T. NANKIVELL, M.D.,
School Medical Officer, Hornsey.