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REPORT OF DENTAL SURGEON.
June, 1936.
To the School Medical Officer,
Barking Borough Council.
Sir,
I have the honour to submit the School Dental Report for the year 1935.
In February, 1935, Mr. Hines (L.D.S., R.C.S., Eng.), the Assistant Dental
Surgeon, resigned his appointment with the Borough to take up an appointment
with the Worcester County Council and a series of locum tenens replaced him until
the appointment of Mr. Sarson (L.D.S., R.C.S., Eng.), who took over duty in May,
1935. The work of the first few months of the year thus was somewhat disturbed.
Of the 5,520 children inspected during the year, 4,471 required treatment, the
percentage of children with dental lesions being approximately 81 per cent. Of
the 4,471 children requiring treatment, 3,817 accepted treatment and were treated—
a percentage of approximately 85.
The percentage of treated cases in comparison with the number inspected is
high and was obtained by the system of treating a school before proceeding with
the inspection of another school, allowing always a margin of treatments to breach
over the period occupied by administration work, such as sending out consent forms,
etc., connected with any inspection.
There has been over 100 per cent, increase in the number of fillings completed
for the year, the figure for 1935 being 3,606 in permanent teeth and 16 in temporary
teeth as against 1,723 and 9 for 1934.
Extractions are also high for 1935, being 10,436 as against 7,559 for 1934,
but the comparable figure of extractions per treated case being 2.7 this year as
against 2.8 last year.
The administration of general anaesthetics is 627 more than last year, the
figure being 3,729, with local anaesthetics totalling 222.