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Group 4.—Dental Defects.
(1) Number of Children who were :—
(a) Inspected by the Dentist :
Aged
•Total 11,733
Routine Age Groups
<
5
1,075
6
1,281
7
1,332
8
1,265
9
1,346
10
1,314
11
1,236
12
1,326
13
863
14
15
503
124
16
67
17
1
Specials ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• •••
71
Grand Total
11,804
(b) Found to require treatment 7,935
(c) Actually treated 4,625
(2) Half-days devoted to:—
Inspection 91
Treatment 876 Total 967
(3) Attendances made by children for treatment 5,505
{4) Fillings:—
Permanent Teeth 6,355
Temporary Teeth 550 Total 6,905
(5) Extractions:—
Permanent Teeth 959
Temporary Teeth 8,858 Total 9,817
(6) Administrations of General Anaesthetics for Extractions 1,179
(7) Other operations:—
Permanent Teeth
Temporary Teeth Total —
Group 5.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
(1) Average number of visits per School made during the year by
the School Nurses 3
(2) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by
School Nurses 25,252
(3) Number of individual children found unclean 325
(4) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the
Local Education Authority —
(5) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:—
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 —
(b) Under School Attendance Byelaws —