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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL SCHOOL DENTAL OFFICER.
The year 1967 was again an unsettled one from the staffing point of view. Four
dental officers resigned, three to enter general practice and one returned to Australia.
One part-time dental officer was appointed on 24th January. A senior technician
retired from the laboratory and another died in hospital after a long illness. One
dental apprentice completed his training and left for employment and his replacement
was soon appointed. Miss W. Coatsworth gained her certificate, with distinction, from
the Association of British Dental Surgery Assistants.
During the year 88 sessions were devoted to dental inspection and the mouths of
approximately half the school children in the Borough were examined at least once
during the year. More than half of these were found to require treatment. In order
to obtain more useful information from periodic school dental inspections, a survey
was commenced at the beginning of the academic year. For this survey every tenth
child at school has a detailed dental examination which is recorded on a special form so
that information can easily be transferred to punched cards for analysis. (See also page
22 — Surveys).
All children found to require treatment at periodic school dental inspections whose
parents wished them to be seen at the clinic were able to be treated.
Table XXIII shows the number of pupils inspected, offered treatment and requiring
treatment during the year.

The number of sessions devoted to treatment numbered 1611 and details of this
treatment are shown below arranged in three age groups.

A includes 24 orthondontic extractions.
B includes 234 orthondontic extractions.
C includes 17 orthondontic extractions.
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