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"This is the third successive year in which the pupils attending
these schools have received dental treatment at the Ealing Health
Centres. It was first commenced in 1935, and since that time there
has been an increase in the number accepting treatment. By the
end of the year under review 392 children had been treated. All
the pupils accepting treatment cannot be treated within the year,
for only two sessions a week for about 14 weeks, can be spared in
which to carry out the work. There are still a number who attend
privately for treatment, and these are mostly children from districts
away from Ealing.
"The work carried out was mostly conservative in character,
although there was a large number of extractions of permanent
teeth. A number of pupils with bad mouths enter these schools
from other districts in the County and extraction is the only
treatment that can be given under the circumstances. The number
of permanent fillings inserted was 544, and the number of permanent
teeth extracted was 182. Other treatments were given to 124
children; these include scaling, treatment of gums, dressings to
carious permanent teeth, root canal dressings, and root canal
fillings for incisor teeth. Altogether 593 attendances were made
at the Ealing and Hanwell Centres, for the treatment given to
these pupils."
HEALTH EDUCATION.
There have been no new developments in the steps taken
to spread the knowledge of health matters amongst school children
which have been described in previous reports. It is sufficient to
say that the steps previously adopted have been continued.