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Bathing centres—
Number of attendances for:
Minor ailments -
Scabies 156
Impetigo —
Vermin and nits 303
Total 459
4. Denial Centres
Number of sessions:
Treatment 2,531.9
Anaesthetic 89.8
Inspection 111.0
Total sessions 2,732.7
Treatment sessions:
Number of new cases:
(a) given appointments 14,106
average per session 5.6
(b) attended by appointment 6,732
average per session 2.7
Number of on-treatment cases:
(a) given appointments 16,283
average per session 6.4
(b) attended by appointment 12,469
average per session 4.9
Other attendances (emergencies) 560
average per session 0.2
General anaesthetic session attendances 1,486
average per session 16.5
Total attendances 21,247
Inspections:
first inspections at school 8,837
first inspections at clinic 4,001
percentage found to require treatment
63.9
re-inspection at school or clinic in
1965 2,239
percentage found to require treatment
71.0
Number of dentists employed (effective
whole-time equivalent§) 4.8
Number of dental auxiliaries employed 1
5. Recuperative holiday homes
Schoolchildren (including nursery
schoolchildren):
Number admitted during year 109
* Contains estimated figures for the March quarter.
† Contains figures for the March quarter which (except Ear, Nose and Throat Centres and
Bathing Centres) were partly apportioned according to population of statutory school age.
Includes some medical examinations for 1965 and for 1964 carried out at County Hall,
mainly for handicapped pupils, theatrical children, entrants for nautical schools and children
for outward bound courses.
§ Excluding annual leave, sickness, etc.
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