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TABLE IV.
Group IV.— Dental Defects.
(1) Number of children who were:—
(a) Inspected by the Dentist:
Aged:
Routine Age Groups
5
1,791
Total 15,365
,
6
1,942
7
8
1,846
2,020
9
1,979
10
1,720
11
1,590
12
1,250
13
994
14
233
Specials
236
Grand Total
15,601
(b) Found to require treatment 9,917
(c) Actually treated 4,939
(d) Re-treated during the year as the result of
periodical examination 516
(2) Half-days devoted to
Inspection 90
Treatment 273
Total 363
(3) Attendances made by children for treatment 5,455
(4) Fillings
Permanent Teeth 4,689
Temporary Teeth 2,653
Total 7,342
(5) Extractions
Permanent Teeth 420
Temporary Teeth 4,752
Total 5,172
(6) Administrations of general anæsthetics for extractions 146
(7) Other operations
Permanent Teeth 250
Temporary Teeth 135
Total 385
Group V.— Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
(I) Average number of visits per school made during the
year by the School Nurses 3
(II) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools
by School Nurses 47,074
(III)Number of individual children found unclean 3,301
(IV) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made
by the Local Education Authority No scheme in operation
(V) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 Nil
(b) Under School Attendance Bye-Laws 10