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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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have never had any dental treatment. As only 15.12% had
unmutilated dentitions requiring no treatment, this leaves us with
more than one in five (22.89%) who have never seen a dental
surgeon though in need of treatment. If this percentage were to
apply to the Borough's whole school population, it would point
to a figure of over 8,000 children who have never had necessary
dental treatment.
SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE Statistical Analysis
| Sessions | ||
| Treatment | 1,610.2 | |
| School Inspections | 130.4 | |
| Dental Health Education | 70 | |
| Total sessions | 1,814.6 | |
| Inspections | ||
| Children inspected at schools and clinics | 12,677 | |
| Percentage found to require treatment | 70.9% | |
| Visits for Treatment | ||
| First | 3,995 | |
| Subsequent | 10,486 | |
| Total visits | 14,481 | |
| Emergency patients | 551 | |
| Broken Appointments | ||
| Number | 3,291 | |
| Percentage | 18.60% | |
| Treatment Given | ||
| (1) Permanent teeth fillings | 5,289 | |
| extractions (including orthodontics) | 153 | |
| ratio of fillings to extractions | 31.6 | |
| (2) Deciduous teeth fillings | 5,749 | |
| extractions (including orthodontics) | 270 | |
| Ratio of fillings to extractions | 18.6 | |
| Total number of fillings | 11,038 | |
| Ratio of fillings to extractions | 26.09 | |
| Teeth root-filled | 309 | |
| Other operations | 6,677 | |
| General anaesthetics | Nil | Nil |