§ Squadron Leader Cooperasked the Minister of Education the number of school dental officers employed by local authorities for the years 1950, 1951 and 1952, respectively and make a statement on the present position of this service.
§ Miss HorsbrughI cannot add anything by way of a general statement to what I said in answer to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Barkston Ash (Sir L. Ropner) on 4th December last.
Following are the figures:
Date Number of Dentists Full-time equivalent 31st December, 1949 884 732 31st December, 1950 864 717 31st December, 1951 899 713 May, 1952 1,039 793 October, 1952 1,086 827 Figures for the 31st December, 1952, are not yet available.