[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough] page 314

Greenwich 1968

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

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III. Special Schools

	Physically Handicapped	Educationally Subnormal	Maladjusted	Junior Training Centre	Autistic Unit	Deaf	Diseases of Skin
A. DENTAL HEALTH
1) Age Group	3½-7	6-16	8-15	5-16	6-12	5-11	4-11
2) Number examined	141	531	45	96	15	35	23
3) Treatment required:
Yes	82	387	29	39	5	19	12
%	58.16	72.88	64.44	40.62	33.3	54.3	47.8
No	59	144	16	57	10	16	11
%	41.84	27.12	35.46	59.38	66.6	45.7	52.2
4) Findings:
a) Sum total:
decayed teeth (D)	268	554	118	125	15	62	41
extracted teeth(M)	160	651	43	116	15	35	17
filled teeth (F)	285	1069	117	98	18	35	18
b) Average per child:
decayed teeth(D)	1.90	1.04	2.6	1.3	1.0	1.77	1.8
extracted teeth(M)	1.14	1.23	0.96	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.74
filled teeth (F)	2.02	2.01	2.60	1.02	1.2	1.0	0.8
c) average dental health per child:
(D + M + F)	5.06	4.3	6.18	3.5	3.2	3.77	3.3
d) Perfect dentitions and no treatment required	27	56	5	21	6	8	6
%	19.1	10.5	11.1	21.88	40.0	23.0	26.1
5) Previous dental treatment
None	56	181	12	48	9	23	12
%	39.7	34	26.66	50	60	65.7	52.2
Extractions only	27	87	4	18	1	5	3
%	19.15	16.4	8.88	18.75	6.66	14.3	13
Fillings only	38	116	14	17	4	3	5
%	26.95	21.8	31.11	17.07	26.66	8.58	21.7
Extractions+fillings	20	147	15	13	1	4	3
%	14.18	27.7	33.33	13.55	6.66	11.43	13
B. ORTHODONTIC INVESTIGATION OR TREATMENT REQUIRED
Malocclusion present	9	89	9	6	NIL	NIL	4
%	6.4	16.76	20	6.25	NIL	NIL	17.4
C. ORAL HYGIENE
Good	20	38	3	4	6	11	3
%	14.18	7.16	6.66	4.16	40	31.43	13
Fair (+ ineffective)	91	317	30	55	7	21	14
%	64.54	59.7	66.66	57.3	46.66	60	60.9
Poor	30	176	12	37	2	3	6
%	21.28	33.14	26.66	38.54	13.33	8.57	26.1