[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.
- Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1929
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![where practicable, 1,947 temporary and 58G permanent teeth having been filled, whilst 3,504 temporary and 405 permanent teeth have been extracted. The num])er of permanent extractions is decidedly hieh, and this but accentuates how dire was the need of a Dental Clinic, as satisfactory conservative treatment was impossible with all of those teeth. With regard to temporary extractions, although the majority of these teeth were badly decayed, a great number required extracting to allow the second dentition to erupt normally, thus eliminating one of the predisposing causes of caries, i.e., irregularity. Three general and 1,819 local aircesthetics have been administered, whilst 364 half-days have been devoted to treatment and 42 half-days to inspection. I desire to thank the teaching staff for their invaluable co-operation during inspection, and especially congratulate those who have endeavoured to maintain a degree of oral hygiene among their schools. From personal observation I find the result of their efforts distinctly encouraging, and I sincerely hope that they will continue their very excellent and praiseworthy endeavour. Oral hvgienc is, unfortunately, too seldom enforced in the home, and it is the teaching profession that we must, to a very great extent, rclv on to see that the advice given at the clinic regarding oral cleanliness is carried out, as they are in daily association with the children and have unlimited opportunities to do so. I](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28968608_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
