This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...in 1902. From its inception the work has had a marked success and has rapidly grown. At present Strassburg has a $60,000 building for a school dispensary. The children are examined upon their entrance into the public schools and twice a year thereafter until they reach the age of thirteen. The treatment furnished ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...in 1902. From its inception the work has had a marked success and has rapidly grown. At present Strassburg has a $60,000 building for a school dispensary. The children are examined upon their entrance into the public schools and twice a year thereafter until they reach the age of thirteen. The treatment furnished includes cleaning, fillings, and extractions. Parents able to pay are charged for the service, but the most necessitous cases are treated gratis and the deficit is made up by the municipality. The dentists are state off1cers receiving regular salaries and are not permitted to engage in private practice. One feature of the work is the supplying of tooth brushes to all patients. The work initiated in Strassburg rapidly spread to other German cities and served as a model in the organization of many of the new systems. Cologne established a dental clinic in 1908 at an initial cost of $5,500. The school children are referred to the clinic by the teachers but they must secure the consent of their parents before being given dental treatment. The cost of maintenance amounts to from $6,000 to $6,500 annually, this sum serving to meet the salary expense of one director on part time, two assistants on whole time, and two nurses on whole time. I n the city of Hamburg work was begun in 1911 in connection with the dental clinic of the Municipal Insurance Committee. This clinic occupies twelve rooms and was designed to provide Annual Report of Fred. A. Verplanck, Superintendent of Schools, South Manchester, Conn., 1910, p. 37. dental attention for domestic servants receiving the benef1ts of compulsory industrial insurance. It was found that the force and equipment were so ample that other work could be undertaken and the clinic arranged to treat 40 school childre...
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