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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Greenwich 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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such freedom of choice is not synonymous with apathy it must
remain inviolable. Nevertheless, with the option of "teeth for life"
at our disposal no person should, through ignorance or indifference,
be allowed to drift into dental neglect otherwise than by a
deliberate course of conduct.

Table: Statistical Analysis—1970

Statistical Analysis—1970

ATTENDANCES :
19701969
First visits355317
Subsequent visits607528
Total visits962845
Emergency patients6550
TREATMENT:
No. of Treatment Sessions102.486.35
Total No. of Teeth Treated557609
(a) Mothers:
No. and percentage-
Filled62 = 79.5%91 = 87.5%
Extracted16 = 20.5%13 = 12.5%
(b) Children :
No. and percentage-
Filled476 = 99.4%369 = 99.5%
Extracted3 = 0.6%2 = 0.5%
Other operations298332
Dentures2nil
General anaestheticsnilnil