Free dental clinics in North Carolina : traveling dental service for rural school children during the summer of 1918 . malgam fillings 4* Cement fillings Silver nitrate fillings *» Abscesses treated Teeth extracted 6™ Teeth cleaned Miscellaneous treatments Children needing nothing 5Children unmanageable NORTHAMPTON COUNTY The clinics in Northampton weredistinctive in that the whole splendidlyorganized health department, togetherwith the county school officials and thefarm demonstrator all actively coop-erated A Ford truck was equippedas a trailer to the big touring car andthe four weeks
Free dental clinics in North Carolina : traveling dental service for rural school children during the summer of 1918 . malgam fillings 4* Cement fillings Silver nitrate fillings *» Abscesses treated Teeth extracted 6™ Teeth cleaned Miscellaneous treatments Children needing nothing 5Children unmanageable NORTHAMPTON COUNTY The clinics in Northampton weredistinctive in that the whole splendidlyorganized health department, togetherwith the county school officials and thefarm demonstrator all actively coop-erated A Ford truck was equippedas a trailer to the big touring car andthe four weeks in this county werespent in intensively hard work. Whilethe dentist was working on the teethof from twenty to twenty-five chil- 26 FREE DENTAL CLINICS dren every day the health officer wasconducting free clinics for the exam-ination and treatment of hookworm,vaccinating against typhoid, etc. Theeducational officials were perfectingplans for consolidation of school dis-tricts, improvement of schoolhouses,and other things. The farm agentwas giving demonstrations on hiswork, and generously assisting inmany Dentist at work in Free Dental Dispensaryfor Rural School Children in NorthamptonCounty at Garysburg, July, 1918. Lack of space forbids the publica-tion here of the health officers Logof the months work, which gave acomplete resume of all the activitiesof the various agencies. The following cryptic reports madeby the health officer at diffierenttimes, aside from his complete reportnoted above, are exceedingly en-couraging: Our work seems to be gatheringimpetus as we go along. Had lots offavorable comments. The people everywhere we havebeen seem interested in the work weare doing and we have had hearty co-operation so far. I am sure our dentist has treatedus honestly and given A-l service. Heworked sometimes till 7:30 Henever turned away a child withoutmaking examination or doing some-thing for it. This is the kind ofwork people appreciate. I hope that the school
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