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THE HEALTH OF BARKING
If you want good teeth look after them while you're young.
affected. As there is a long incubation period and as symptomless carriers occur,
it is wise to treat all close contacts whether they have a rash or complain of itching
at night or not. Treatment by the modern method is simple and most effective.
The work of scabies control throughout the year is given in Table XI in
Appendix B.
Dental Service.
Your Dental Service covers treatment, including orthodontic (special corrective
treatment of school children, with particular reference to the educational side of
this work, of toddlers, expectant and nursing mothers and on to this is grafted a
general public service. In view of the nation-wide shortage of dentists, to cart)'
out so wide a service is a bold action. It does mean that resources are stretched
but your dental officers assure me, and I concur with their opinion, that as a result
the public of Barking are definitely more "dentally minded" than the public
generally. This makes me very happy for it means we are well on the way to successful
education of the public about the care of teeth. A dental service in the future
should be judged not by the number of fillings or extractions completed but by the
number of fillings and extractions avoided as a result of sound education.
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