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ing where over 80 per cent were treated, more than 40 per cent by 

 operation. In nearly all other classes of defects, upwards of 

 50 per cent of cases were reported treated, but the very low per- 

 centage of cases of defective teeth which received attention is 

 in striking contrast, and evidently accounts for the fact that but 

 37 per cent of all the defects needing attention received it. 



Lack of appreciation of the need of dental care, and lack of 

 clinics where teeth can be put in order at a moderate cost, are 

 doubtless alike reflected in the low percentages of extractions and 

 fillings. 



REPORTS FROM OTHER CITIES 



In the report of medical inspection in the schools of Newark, 

 New Jersey, occurs the following statement showing the definite 

 action taken on defects of vision, hypertrophied tonsils, adenoids, 

 and defective teeth; that is, provision of glasses, operations for 

 tonsils and adenoids, and dental treatment. 



TABLE 21. FOUR CLASSES OF PHYSICAL DEFECTS REPORTED AND 



NUMBER AND PER CENT OF THESE DEFECTS TREATED. 



NEWARK, N. J., IQIO-II 



As the table shows, the percentage of defects receiving the 

 specified remedial treatment was 15. The corresponding figures 

 cited for New York City give a percentage of nearly 23. In the 

 New York report the term "defective nasal breathing" is con- 

 sidered equivalent to the term "adenoids" in the Newark one. 

 In general, the figures make it appear that Newark is somewhat 

 behind its larger neighbor in the treatment of eyes, ears, and 

 throats, and about on a par in the treatment of defective teeth. 



Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, gives the following statement of 

 reported treatments for the school year 1909-10: 



93 



