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extracted during 1946, when 1,604 permanent teeth were removed.
The number of temporary teeth removed for children totalled 463.
This number is smaller than in the previous year when 521 teeth
were removed.
Conservative treatment during the year was increased considerably,
which is as it should be; but there is still difficulty in
getting mothers to bring their children to see the dentist early
enough, so that more of the children's teeth can be saved.
Altogether 654 permanent teeth, and 310 temporary teeth were
made sound by fillings. Other operations consisted of scaling for
94 mothers, and treatment for mouth infections for 281 mothers.
Plastic artificial dentures were fitted for 126 mothers, this being
92 fewer than in the preceding year. In addition, there were
1,439 other items of treatment, for both mothers and children.
These included dressings of zinc oxide to painful teeth and applications
of silver nitrate to temporary teeth in suitable cases.
Advice was given to expectant mothers on the care of their own
teeth and the teeth of the child. Information was sought by the
mothers on the correct diet to give and the manner of cleansing
the teeth.
Measles and Whooping Cough.— Measles and whooping
cough became notifiable under the Measles and Whooping Cough
Regulation, 1939. The following number of cases were notified :—
Measles 1,189
Whooping Cough 348
There was one death from measles and three deaths from
whoooing cough during the year.