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Group IV.—Dental Defects.
(1) Number of Children who were:—
(a) Inspected by the Dentist :
Routine
Age Groups
Aged:
5 213
6 441
7 450
8 384
9 408
10 414
11 405
12 248
13 154
14 86
15 39
Total 3242
Specials (see note d) 949
Grand Total 4191
(b) Found to require treatment 3045
(c) Actually treated 2114
Retreated 572
(2) Half-days devoted to:—
Inspection 25
Treatment 397
Total 422
(3) Attendances made by children for treatment
4391
(4) Fillings:—
Permanent Teeth 1747
Temporary Teeth 810
Total 2557
(5) Extractions:—
Permanent Teeth 403
Temporary Teeth 3067
Total 3470
(6) Administration of general anæsthetics
for extractions 1332
(7) Other operations:—
Permanent Teeth 423
Temporary Teeth 694
Total 1117
Group V.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
(See note e.)
(i.) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the
School Nurses—55.
(ii.) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School
Nurses—27,950.
(iii.) Number of individual children found unclean—397.
(iv.) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local
Education Authority—135.
(v.) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:—
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921—Nil.
(b) Under School Attendance Byelaws—Nil.
NOTES ON TABLE IV.
(а) The Table should deal with all defects treated during the year,
however they were brought to the Authority's notice, i.e., whether by
routine inspection, special inspection, or otherwise, during the year in
Question or previously.
(b) This heading should include all cases that received treatment
under definite arrangements or agreements for treatment made by the
Local Education Authority and sanctioned by the Board of Education
under Section 80 of the Eduoation Act, 1921. Cases which, after being
recommended for treatment or advised to obtain it, actually received
treatment by private practitioners, or by means of direct application to
Hospitals, or by the use of hospital tickets supplied by private persons, etc.,
should be entered under other headings.