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It is gratifying to note the improvement in the percentage of
children actually treated, out of the number referred for treatment.
This applies to both Elementary and Secondary schools. In the
Elementary schools it has risen from 63% in 1936, to 74.8% this
year. In the Secondary, that is, in the County and Junior Technical
schools, from 53% to 66.5%. As many of the pupils in the
Technical School live in other districts, there is naturally a greater
number having treatment elsewhere. In view of the foregoing, there
is a considerable rise in the number of fillings and extractions
carried out, as shown in the Table of figures. With the Secondary
schools, however, while the number of patients treated increased,
the actual number of fillings and extractions was less, showing that
each patient required less treatment.
The figures for the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic are'
a little less this year, except for the number of fillings which actually
rose by one, although the number treated was less. Evidently there
were more savable teeth among the Mothers and Infants.