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* Including Maternity cases.
The number of children attending is slightly, and the total number of
children's visits considerably greater than during the preceding year.
Since the introduction of the revised scale of charges in November, however,
the number of children attending has fallen considerably, and it is likely
that the children's attendances during 1933 will be smaller than during the
last four years.
Prior to November the charge for school children was one shilling for the
first treatment and one shilling for all subsequent visits, making a maximum
charge of two shillings for a course of treatment.
Reference to the new scale of charges for school children on page 98
will show that the present charges are likely to act as a deterrent and to have
the effect of making parents choose treatment under the school dental service
to the exclusion of treatment at this Hospital.
The number of visits paid by adult patients has fallen, the decrease being
entirely due to the fewer number of adult cases, other than Maternity and
Child Welfare cases, attending. The number of women referred from the
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres is slightly greater than in 1931.
Columns (!) and (2) of Table II on page 101, throw light on this matter.
If children are excluded it will be found that only 57 per cent. of all adults
examined attended for treatment.
During the years 1931 and 1930 this proportion was 78 per cent.
As was explained in the last Annual Report a new and higher scale of
charges was introduced on 1st April, 1931, and this continued in operation
until 22nd October, 1932.