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Group IV.—Dental Defects.
(1) Number of Children who were:—
(a) Inspected by the Dentist:
Aged:
5 153
6 307
7 377
8 405
9 476
11 528
12 494
13 304
14 178
15 130
Routine Age Groups Total 3819
Specials (see note d) 486
Grand Total 4305
(b) Found to require treatment 2978
(c) Actually treated 2101
Retreated 725
(2) Half-days devoted to:—
Inspection 36
Total 431
Treatment 395
(3) Attendances made by children for
ment 3857
(4) Fillings:—
Permanent Teeth 2083
Total 2312
Temporary Teeth 229
(5) Extractions
Permanent Teeth 425
Total 3200
Temporary Teeth 2775
(6) Administration of general anaesthetics
for extractions 1392
(7) Other operations:—
Permanent Teeth 605
Total 1524
Temporary Teeth 919
Group V.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
(See note e.)
(i.) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the
School Nurses—57.
(ii.) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School
Nurses—28,799.
(iii.) Number of Individual ohildren found unolean—317.
(iv.) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local
Education Authority—119.
(v.) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken: —
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921—
(b) Under School Attendance Byelaws—
NOTES ON TABLE IV.
(a) 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 Education 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.