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2. The forms M.l are then divided into consents, for which appointments will be made,
refusals, private treatments. The private treatment cases may be followed up and checked
in about three months' time.
3. Form M.2 is mainly the duplicate of form M.l and is used by the Attendance and
Enquiry Officer when calling at the homes of those who will not return consent on M.l to
Head Teacher. If there is still a refusal, the case should then be referred to the National
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children on the ground of neglect to provide
necessary treatment (Section 1 (2) (a), Children and Young Persons Act, 1933). If the
child can be shown to be absent from School suffering with dental trouble, the case may
be dealt with by the Attendance Sub-Committee, who may refer the case for action under
the Children Act.
Form M2.
BOROUGH OF HESTON & ISLEWORTH
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Memorandum from the
SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER,
94a, BATH ROAD,
HOUNSLOW.
Date of Issue of M.l 193
Date of Birth
Date of Issue of M.2 193
Date of Return 193 School
Consent Form not returned within seven days. The School Attendance Officer is requested to call
and report within seven days.
REPORT:
Please obtain signature of parents to either A or B below.
A I am obtaining private treatment for my child g I wish my child to be treated by the School
and give below the name and address of the Dental Surgeon and will pay the charge of 1/-
Dentist. at the time of treatment.
Name of Dentist
Address
Signed Signed
Parent or Guardian. Parent or Guardian.
4. About two months after the general inspection at the School, the state of affairs
is reviewed and a list of the refusals in bad cases sent to the Head Teacher with instructions
that emergency tickets may be refused in these cases. This policy of giving no emergency
treatment to cases that have refused, until after the next routine inspection is a common one
and is supported by the Board :—
" The broad fact is that the purpose of school dentistry is not to provide a scheme
of extraction for a never ending stream of casuals so large that the dentists cannot tackle
the greater and more far-reaching problem of good health resulting from sound dentition.
The scheme should be educational and that alone is its justification. The School Clinic is
not to be regarded as an out-patient dental department for casual work, although arrangements
should be made for emergency work."
(Page 55, Report of the Board of Education, 1932).
5. If parents refuse treatment for more than two years in succession, then the children
should be eliminated from the dental clinic treatment scheme and if the dental needs are
such as to demand treatment, the case should be referred to the National Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children on the authority of the chairman. If, however, the parents
who have refused treatment in the circumstances outlined above, in paragraphs 4 and 5.
become penitent, sign the Form M.l or M.2, then refusal of treatment is not justified and
such cases should be received back into the fold with joyful censure, provided they undertake
to have the necessary treatment fully carried out. It must be understood that orthodontic
cases are excepted from this proviso.
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