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Report by the Area Dental Officer (Mr. A. E. Hall).
At the beginning of the year the dental staff was the equivalent
of 25/11ths full-time dental surgeons ; and by the end of the year it
had risen to 34/11ths—the highest figure ever to be reached.
Unfortunately even the latter record figure is only just over half
of the authorised establishment. Recent additions to the dental
staff—the result of an appeal to the Deans of dental teaching schools
—have been newly or recently-qualified dental surgeons who are
prepared to devote several sessions per week to the service of two or
more authorities while waiting for appointments as house surgeon
in hospital or studying for additional qualifications. Although their
help is greatly appreciated, it is unfortunate that the present
conditions of service are such that the remuneration of a full-time
dental surgeon of long experience is substantially less than that of a