State Care Of School Children's Teeth

Quebec, Special: Canada may be the first country to introduce regular dental inspection of the teeth of children in her public schools, with a view to remedying the results of neglect on the part of parents. The Countess of Aberdeen has presaed the matter upon the attention of the National Council of Women of Canada who are about to take it in hand. The countess said that a medical man of standing in Toronto who had carried on dental hospital ■work among the poor for many years, had suggested this movement, which' she approved, and had reported that the degeneration of the teeth of the children of today was quite alarming.