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REPORT ON THE SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE,
1940.
A perusal of the statistics for the last three years
shows that tlie year 1939 was the most disorganised
period, .hut the years 1940 and 1938—the last normal
year—compare very well together.
The number of school dental inspections in 1940 is
down on 1938 by 1,009, owing to the schools being partially
closed early in the year, non-attendance and
evacuations.
Attendances during 1940 for dental treatment were
4,931 as against 4,947 for 1938. 2,432 children were
discharged in 1940 with treatment complete as against
2,376 for 1938, an increase.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Service figures
are not so good; we completed 153 children in 1938, hut
only 123 in 1940. The figures for mothers are a record
in this Service; more than twice as many as ever before.
It appears that our Dentures Scheme is attractive.
Statistics for Maternity and Child Welfare appear in
that Section of this Report under heading Dental
Scheme for Nursing and Expectant Mothers.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
TABLE VI. DENTAL INSPECTION AND
TREATMENT, 1940.