MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS 



TABLE 32. CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES HAVING DENTAL INSPEC- 

 TION AND CITIES HAVING DENTAL INSPECTION BY DENTISTS, 

 BY GROUPS OF STATES. II I 



ADMINISTRATION 



In nearly all cases dental inspection in America has had its 

 inception in volunteer work of the local dental association. This 

 generally results in an arrangement whereby the association 

 carries on demonstration work in the public schools. When the 

 experimental stage is past the dental inspection in the public 

 schools and the remedial work carried on through clinics are 

 usually administered by the public school authorities and the 

 dental association, acting in co-operation. 



A good example of this sort of co-operation is found in Read- 

 ing, Pennsylvania, where the medical inspectors in the public schools 

 examine the children and select those needing treatment. The 

 local charity organization society investigates the home condi- 

 tions of candidates for gratuitous treatment and the local dental 

 society supports the clinic and contributes professional services. 



In New York City the clinics exclusively for school children 

 are supported through the co-operation of the children's aid 

 society, the dental societies, the board of health, and private 

 individuals who have no connection with the public schools. 

 In both Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, a 

 woman dental inspector is employed as a member of the staff of 

 medical inspectors and recommends children for treatment, send- 

 ing them either to clinics or to private dentists as their finan- 

 cial condition makes advisable. 



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