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Dentures for School Children.
In two cases where the extraction of permanent teeth was unavoidable and there was
no other course, dentures were provided for school children. These are charged for on the
same scale as for dentures supplied to mothers under the Maternity and Child Welfare Dental
Scheme.
Other Operations.

Attendances made by Children tor Treatment.
The figure 6,361 shown in the Board's Table is not the gross figure of school children's
attendances at the Dental Clinic, which was 8,293, all of which were nominally " attendances
for treatment," but, although making such attendances, only 6,361 were treated physically,
the remainder being referred for gas, inspected, treatment postponed, etc., which latter classes
of attendances were counted as special inspections.
Emergency Cases.
This branch of the dental service has now been running for three years and is much
appreciated.
In order to save children from suffering pain, a scheme was devised whereby any
urgent dental case could be referred by any Head Teacher to the Clinic at 1.45 p.m. on any
day when the schools were open. On coming into the Clinic these cases are dealt with in
addition to the normal appointments, and take precedence over them.
During the year 1932, 713 cases were so referred by Head Teachers.
In connection with these emergency tickets it has happened not infrequently when the
children have appeared at the Clinic that the cases were not such as could be described as
urgent, but the Head Teachers' attention having been drawn to the necessity of limiting the
issue of these tickets to really urgent cases, the number has diminished somewhat.
Clinic Fees.
The Dental Clinic fee of 1/-, payable by each patient, has again operated throughout
the year. It covers one year's ordinary treatment at the Dental Clinic, and includes a general
anaesthetic when this is necessary. Orthodontic fees are additional to this.
The fees taken at the Clinic during 1932 were as follows:—
From School Children treated (ordinary 1/- fee)
£158
12
0
From School Children (Orthodontic fees)
£185
9
9
From Maternity and Child Welfare cases treated—1/- fees
£12
13
0
Clinic Accommodation.
With the appointment of the half-time Dental Surgeon and the general increase in the
work, the present accommodation has been taxed to its utmost during the past year, and to
cope properly with the work there is no question that further Clinic and Waiting Room accommodation
is required at the Central Clinic or elsewhere.
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