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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

Lewisham 1965

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

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Table: Table 22—continued

Table 22—continued

LEWISHAMI.L.E.A.
3.First Inspections
(a) Number of first inspections in school.11,14679,879
(b) Number of first inspections at clinic.3,10038,733
(c) Total .14,246118,612
(d) Total as percentage of school roll (3(c) as percentage ofl) 35129 0
(e) No. inspected found to require treatment 8,69676,575
(f) Percentage of no. inspected found to require treatment61-064-6
(g) No. offered treatment 7,73668,416
(h) Percentage of no. requiring treatment offered treatment 89089-3
(i) Percentage of no. requiring treatment elected for private treatment .11-010-7
4.Reinspections
(a) Reinspections at school —51
(b) Reinspections at clinic 1,37312,009
(c) Total 1,37312,060
(d) No. of reinspections as percentage of first inspections (4(c) as percentage of 3 (c)) 9-610-2
(e) No. reinspected found to require treatment6967,910
(f) Percentage of no. reinspected found to require treatment (4(e) as percentage of 4 (c)) .50-765-6
5.Number of appointments given to:
(a) New cases (i) 12,531163,442
(b) On treatment cases .13,408186,267
Number of attendances made by:
(c) New cases (i) 6,50372,187
(d) On treatment cases .10,457140,944
(e) Emergencies (ii) 3114,931
(f) Total attendances .17,271218,062
6.Response rate:
(a) New cases (5(c) as percentage of 5(a)) 51 -944-2
(b) On treatment cases (5(d) as percentage of 5(b))78-075-7
7.Cases discharged dentally fit (iii)4,66655,989
8.Lapse Rate (treatment not completed)
Item 5(c) plus 5(e) less item 7 expressed as percentage of (5(c) + 5(e) 31-527-4

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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)
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