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report of dental surgeon.
To the School Medical Officer.
I have pleasure in submitting to you the report and the
figures of work done in the Dental Clinic during the year ending
31st December, 1928.
Throughout the year, the routine of work at the clinic has
gone on in circumstances of fullest cordiality and co-operation
with the parents. Every endeavour has been made to afford every
encouragement by the treatment, by the courtesy, and by the
advice given towards the good name and reputation of the clinic.
It is the wish, I feel sure, of the governing authorities that in this
clinic, as in all others which they govern, the standard and
reputation should be of the highest, and this, therefore, has been
the keenly sought objective throughout the past year.
There has been very little leakage of time for treatment.
Unfortunately, as in all clinics where fixed appointments are made,
there have been times when appointments have not been kept.
This difficulty, though, in a great measure has been overcome by
slightly increasing the daily number of appointments and then,
in the event of a rush occurring, distributing the work evenly
throughout the session.
It has also been found that the erratic attendances of mothers
from the Child Welfare Centres has continued, the cause for this
irregularity more than probably being due to domestic duties.
In this latter case, rather than letting an opportunity occur for
time wastage, a few urgent child cases have recently been included
in their gas session. It must be stated, however, that these have
not been allowed to encroach in any way upon the due treatment
for each individual mother, but that the children cases have been
worked into the session as opportunity occurred.
Conservation Work.—It will be seen from figures included
that a considerable amount of saving of deciduous teeth has been
resorted to. The temporary teeth certainly do a short time of
service in the mouth, but indisputably the service which they