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Annual Report of the Senior
School Dental Surgeon
Mr. C. E. James, L.D.S., R.C.S. (Eng.),
for the year ending 31st December, 1936.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Enfield Education Committee.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit the Annual Dental Report for the year ending
31st December, 1936. An examination of the figures given under
Table V shows that a total of 5,597 elementary school children
were inspected and 3,554 treated during the year under review—
an increase, as compared with 1935, of 1,458 children inspected
and 977 treated. There was also a considerable increase in the
number of fillings and extractions carried out for elementary school
children. The following table is submitted for the purpose of
comparison:—

These increased figures for elementary school children were
only made possible by the fact that the inspection of secondary
school children was held in October instead of June as in 1935, in
order that new admissions might be included. Consequently, the
amount of work done for secondary school children during the year