SCHOOL CHILDREN’S TEETH.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2686, 16 December 1909, Page 5

SCHOOL CHILDREN’S TEETH.

DEPUTATION TO THE AUCKLAND ...... EDUCATION BOARD.

[Tick Puehs Association.! AUCKLAND, Dec. 15. The deplorable state of the teeth of the rising generation was the subject of a deputation to the Education Board this morning from the Dental Association. Mr. Carter, in expressing his concern that such a condition of things should be, said that it was a genuine cause for alarm—the fearful condition of the teeth of a very large number of children attending schools. Another member of the deputation explained that it was proposed to deliver two or three lecturettes a year to the pupils of each school by different members of the institution, so that children should be encouraged to take proper care of their teeth. It was also proposed to pay visits of inspection for the purpose of examining the teeth of children. The members of the Association offered their services gratuitously, recognising that it was a matter that imminently and seriously affected the health of the nation. The chairman, in thanking the mem-, hers of the deputation for the true public snirit that prompted the offers explained that the Board had already urged unon the Education Department that there should be a' general medical inspection of schools ”t the charge oi the State. It was manifestly impossible for the poor parents of wprkang class children to expend much on the teeth of their children, and it therefore devolved on the State as a duty ; to see to the physical well-being as well as the mental training of the coming citizens. ;