Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
— | |||
mte:
1. Item 8 of this table is an approximation; it assumes that all emergencies are
new cases and that the number of on-treatment cases at the beginning and end
of the year do not vary markedly. It attempts to express failure to complete
treatment.
2. (i) A 'new case' is a patient called to the surgery to start a course of treatment
or to see if treatment is required; a patient attending more than once in this
manner during the year is recorded on each occasion as a 'new case' attended.
(ii) An 'emergency' is a patient who attends a surgery without an appointment
and is given immediate treatment.
(iii) 'Cases discharged dentally fit' refers to (a) those cases recorded as 'Courses
of Treatment completed' and (b) any 'new cases' (referred to in Note (i)
above) who, upon attending the surgery, were found not to require treatment,
both categories being mutually exclusive.
(iv) Includes 1016-7 supervisory sessions (Supervisory sessions being those
sessions worked jointly by a dental officer and a dental auxiliary)
32