[Report 1927] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council.

  • Lanarkshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / School Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A summary of Mr Rankin’s work (luring the session is as follows: — Total number of children treated, 2,900; extractions (temporary teeth), 4,397; extractions (permanent teeth), 970; fillings, 070; scalings, dressings, and cleaning, 102. Miss Watson (Motherwell and Wishaw districts, and part of Shotts Parish), in a survey of the year’s work emphasises the necessity for early dental treatment, especially where the first permanent molars are concerned. She also comments on the fine propaganda work undertaken by many teachers who regularly include in their talks on hygiene to their pupils sound advice on the care of the teeth, and the necessity of having treatment carried out as soon as they become aware of dental decay. Miss Watson welcomes the parents at the clinic as she can thereby give simple instructions as regards the prevention and cure of dental caries. A summary of Miss Watson’s work for the session is as follows:— Total number of children treated, 2,889; extractions (temporary teeth), 4,160; extractions (permanent teeth), 325; fillings, 703; scalings, dressings, and cleaning, 17. The dental surgeons desire to thank the head teachers, assistants, and janitors of the various schools for their willing help and co-operation in the examination and treatment of the children, and are quite emphatic in their opinion that without that assistance such a high degree of success could not have been attained. The accompanying statistical table shows in detail the dental work overtaken in each School Management area during the year.