London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE — Statistical Analysis
Sessions
Treatment Sessions 1,680
General Anaesthetic Sessions 27
School Inspections 70
Attendance
New patients given appointments 9,178
attended 3,914
percentage of attendance 42.6%
On-treatment patients given appointments 11,117
attended 8,444
percentage attendance 75.9%
Emergency patients treated 378
Total of attendances 12,736
Number of treatment cases started 3,270
completed 2,934
Treatment
Total number of teeth treated 12,143
(1) Permanent teeth 5,459
filled 5,131
extracted (including orthodontics) 328
percentage of fillings 94%
extractions 6%
(2) Deciduous teeth 4,299
filled 3.458
extracted 841
percentage of fillings 81.4%
extractions 18.6%
Teeth root-filled 64
otherwise conserved 2,321
Prophylactic treatment 1,731
Number of patients x-rayed 235
Number of general anaesthetics 431
Orthodontics
New cases undertaken for treatment or referred 26
Completed cases 5
Discontinued cases 1
Appliances fitted—removable 9
fixed 4