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high standard of Dental Care provided and for the fact that a very
much higher than average number of these children were inspected
and given treatment if they required it.'
The policy of directing Dental Health Education towards Parentcraft
Groups and of persuading parents of the benefits of early checkups
for their children and treatment where necessary, is helping to
reduce the incidence of dental disease, and an increasing number of
parents now realise that simple preventive measures from three years
onwards will save their children much pain and discomfort later on.
Fewer expectant and nursing mothers presented for treatment during the year.

Day Nurseries
The Authority had, at the end of the year, two Day Nurseries in
operation providing accommodation for 85 children under the age
of five years.
Admissions are made under the following categories of priority:
First Priority—Where the mother is the sole wage earner.
Second Priority—Where there is sickness in the family, or where
home conditions exist which are likely seriously to prejudice the
health of the child.
Third Priority—In exceptional cases, where, upon consideration of
individual circumstances, it appears to the Council that admission
is necessary in the best interests of the child.