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Nursing or
Expectant Mothers
Children
under 5
1967 1966 1967 1966
Number of appointments
Number of attendances
By appointment
Other
Number of patients given first
inspections during year
Number of patients above found
to require treatment
Number of patients above
offered treatment
Visits for treatment -
Number of first visits
Number of subsequent
visits
Treatments given
Number of fillings
Number of teeth extracted
Number of patients
X-rayed
Prophylaxis (number of
patients)
Number of courses of treatment
completed during year
Number of patients supplied
with dentures (full upper
or full lower) first time
Number of patients supplied
with other dentures
Number of dentures supplied
Total sessions in year (combined)
158 81 1,108 973
82 47 757 613
Nil Nil 8 9
31 23 326 192
31 22 165 111
30 21 164 110
24 16 157 152
47 26 417 399
41 22 277 189
17 7 52 61
2 Nil Nil Nil
22 8 7 4
13 5 355 284
3 1
Nil 2
6 3
1967 1966
124.3 99
DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION.
Dental health education is very important. Although many parents
ensure that their children receive regular dental care, others, through
apathy, ignorance or lack of information about the importance of dental
health and the availability of facilities, appear to ignore this
important aspect of their children's health.
Dental health education talks and demonstrations were given in
schools by the department's staff and Mrs. Thomas, the Dental Health
Education Officer of the ILEA, visited seven schools in the borough
during the year and talked to 1,530 children.
The services of Pierre the Clown (Mr. Pierre Picton), who is
sponsored by the Fruit Producers Council and who has the full approval
of the General Dental Council, were available for a week in November.
He is able to convey the message of dental health education in a form
which is particularly acceptable to both infant and junior school
children. He visited twenty-nine schools or departments in the
borough and spoke to some 5,000 children - each was given an apple and
enrolled in the "Apple Club".