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GROUP V.—Dental Defects.
(1) Number of Children who were :
(1) Inspected by the Dentist
Aged : —
5 98
6 350
7 349
8 351
Routine 9 372 Total: 3330
Age 10 394
Groups. 11 443
12 409
13 374
14 190
Specials 534
GRAND TOTAL 3864
(2) Found to require
ment 3138
(3) Actually treated 2089
(2) Half-days devoted to :—
Inspection 51
Treatment 392
Total 443
(3) Attendances made by
dren for treatment 3650
(4) Fillings :—
Permanent teeth 2861
Temporary teeth 470
Total 3331
(5) Extractions: —
Permanent teeth 499
Temporary teeth 3459
Total 3958
(6) Administrations of general
anaesthetics for extractions
789
(7) Other operations: —
Permanent teeth 148
Temporary teeth 50
Total 198
(8) Extractions: —
On account of overcrowding
(a) Permanent 187
On account of advanced
decay
(b) Permanent 312
(c) Temporary 3459
Total 3958
(9) Other operations : —
(a) Dressings
Permanent 86
Temporary 4
(b) Application of Silver
Nitrate
Permanent 11
Temporary . 46
Total 198
(c) Scalings 47
(d) Root treatment 4
GROUP VI.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
(1) Average number of visits per school made during
the year by the School Nurses 75
(2) Total number of examinations of children in the
Schools by the School Nurses 18363
(3) Number of individual children found unclean 232
(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 Bye-laws —-
95