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Addresses to Training-college Students. Arrangements whereby Senior Dental Officers of the Department give instruction on the operation of the School Dental Service to students of the Teachers' Training Colleges in each of the four centres were put into effect during the yea,r. It is confidently expected that this plan will result in the close co-operation which already exists between the two services being still further increased. Dental Treatment of Native Schools. Strenuous efforts on the part of school dental nurses, district health nurses, teachers, and committees in Maori Districts have resulted in only a relatively small proportion of the children attending Native schools being brought under treatment, and the problem of the indigent Maori parent and the apathy of the Maori people in general towards dental treatment are providing a serious obstacle to the progress of the School Dental Service in these districts. The service is available for Native schools on the same financial basis as it is for pakeha schools, but there is a disinclination in many Native districts for the people to avail themselves of the Service under the present conditions. Research. Mention was made in the last annual report of this Division of a survey being conducted by Mr. A. D. Brice, 8.D.5., of this Department, under the auspices of the Dental Committee of the Medical Research Council, with a view to ascertaining the factors associated with dental caries in the Dominion. Owing to the war it was found necessary to postpone this work in the meantime, and further investigation has been deferred until a more favourable time. Acknowledgments. The opportunity is again taken of expressing the thanks of the Department to the personnel of Dental Clinic Committees, to teachers, and to Education Boards and their staffs, and also to all others who in various ways have rendered invaluable assistance in the carrying-on of the work of the School Dental Service. The staff of the Division has continued to give good service throughout the year, and I wish to express my keen appreciation of the loyal and efficient service which they have rendered. J. Ll. Saunders, Director, Division of Dental Hygiene.

Centres at which School Dental Clinics were established as at 31st March, 1940.

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Main Treatment Centres. Authorized Sub-bases. J | Main Treatment Centres. ! Authorized Sub-bases. A ucMand District.. Avondale, Auckland .. Blockhouse Bay. Ngatea .. .. Kaihere, Kerepeehi, Tunia, Balmoral, Auckland .. .. Waitakaruru. Beresford Street, Auckland .. Okaihau Birkenhead .. .. .. Onehunga Cornwall Park, Auckland .. Otahuhu Dargaville .. .. Ruawai, Te Kopuru. Paeroa Devonpoi't .. . . • . Papalcura Ellerslie, Auckland .. Howick. Parnell, Auckland Epsom, Auckland .. .. Ponsonby, Auckland Gladstone Road, Auckland .. Pukekohe Grey Lynn, Auckland .. . . Rawene Helensville . . . . Huapai. St. Heliers, Auckland Henderson .. .. Glen Eden. Sandringham, Auckland .. ICawakawa .. .. .. Takapuna Manurewa . . .. ■ • Tauranga Maungawhau, Auckland .. .. Te Puke Meadowbank, Auckland . . .. Thames .. .. Coromandel, Mercury Bay. Mount Albert, Auckland .. .. Tuakau Mount Eden, Auckland . . . . Waihi . . .. . . Tairua, Katikati. Mount Roskill, Auckland .. .. Warkworth . . .. New Lynn, Auckland .. ■. Wellsford Newmarket, Auckland .. .. Wliangarei .. .. Horahora, Whau Valley. Whangarei (Country) South Auckland District. Cambridge .. .. • • Pio Pio ... . . Mahoenui. Gisborne No. 1 .. .. .. Putaruru Gisborne No. 2 .. .. • • Rotorua . . .. Mamaku, Murupara, Te Hamilton East .... .. Wliaiti. Huntly .. .. Pukemiro, Te Kauwhata. Ruatoria .. .. Matainata .. .. Tirau. Taumarunui ... .. Kakahi. Morrinsville .. .. ... Taupo .. .. .. Tokaanu. Ngaruawahia .. .. Glen Massey, Raglan. Te Aroha .. .. Tahuna Ohura .. .. ■ • Te Awamutu Opot.iki .. .. Omarumutu, Taneatua, Te Karaka .. .. Matawai. Torere, Maraenui. Te Kuiti .. .. Waimiha. Otorohanga .. .. • • Tikitiki .. ,.. Te Araroa. Paroa .. ., .. Maketu, Matata, Poroporo, Tolaga Bay .. . . Tokoinaru Bay. Pukehina, Ruatoki, Wairoa .. .. ,. Tawere, Te Teko, Waio- Whitiora (Hamilton) hau. Unattached, .. .. Awakino,