MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS 



cost of treatment per child is about 26 cents. Of this amount 

 14 cents is paid out of the municipal grant and the remaining 12 

 cents is paid by the parents, or in necessitous cases by the Poor 

 Law Committee. German experience in general shows a per capita 

 cost for children treated varying from 20 cents to 47 cents. The ex- 

 perience of 1 2 municipal districts is shown in the accompanying table. 



TABLE 33. DENTAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN TWELVE 

 GERMAN MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS. YEAR ENDING APRIL, \g\ I 



According to the English experience one dentist working five 

 days a week may be expected to care for the teeth of a school 

 population of from 3,000 to 4,000 children. In the county of 

 Somerset an allowance of 12 cents per child is made for material. 



Reports from Rochester, New York, show that for 1910 the 

 per capita cost for dental treatment was 57 cents. Of this sum 

 1 1 cents was for material used. In 1911 there was a per capita 

 increase of 12 cents. This increase was due to the fact that 

 during 1910 most of the material had been given, while in 1911 

 practically all of it was purchased from the clinic funds. 



According to the charter of the Elmira School Dental 

 Infirmary no charges can be made for treatment. 



The Newark, New Jersey, clinic treats all school children 

 free, but they can donate any sum they wish toward the support 

 of the clinic. 



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