Memorandum in Regard to the Condition of the Teeth of School Children as Submitted to the Committee of the Board of Education on Medical Inspection and Feeding of Children Attending Public Elementary Schools; Including the Evidence (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...with bad physical conditions. Yes, undoubtedly. 7125. But you are not prepared to say that, taken by itself, the increase in the amount of dental caries which is generally admitted at the present day, is one of the signs of physical deterioration? No 7126. A local condition? Yes, at the time. Undoubtedly it tells the story of something lacking during childhood, from which the person recovered. 7127. It is stated in this memorandum, in regard to the examina tion of two schools in Edinburgh: It was found that the ratio of defective permanent teeth per 1oo children was 158-2 in the school for the children of well-to-do working people, and 273-9 in that for the children of a better class, professional men and merchants. That is obviously destructive of the theory that it should be necessarily regarded as a sign of physical deterioration? Unless you look upon it that the well-to-do classes are deteriorating. 7128. Everybody seems to think they are not? It is undoubt edly the better-class schools, in my experience, where the teeth are the worst--the higher the class the worse the teeth. 7129. That is inconsistent with any theory connecting dental caries with physical deterioration? I agree, except that, of course, taken as individuals, it is not certain that the individuals in highclass schools are better as animals than those in the poorer schools. 7130. All the evidence we have heard in this room would lead usgto suppose that the question of physical deterioration and progressive physical deterioration is one affecting the lower stratum of society, and not the higher? I think the reason is this, that the children in better-class schools, if anything, have still softer food than those in the poorer schools. 7131. And probably eat...