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School Students Total
Children
Number % Number % Number %
Parents approached 3102 5 3107
Parents accepting 2349 75.7 5 100.0 2354 75.8
Number tested 2096 5 2101
Number found to be
Mantoux positive 162 7.7 1 20.0 163 7.8
Number found to be
Mantoux negative 1867 89.1 4 80.0 1871 89.0
Number failed to attend
for Mantoux reading 67 3.2 - - 67 3.2
Number vaccinated (% of
those approached) 1862 60.0 4 80.0 1866 60.1
School Dental Service
The overall picture is one of modest expansion. The staffing
position remained steady for the five full-time dental officers, and the
area dental officer, but was very fluid in respect of the part-time
officers. They varied in number from four to six, working between
fifteen and twenty-six sessions per week. In September a dental
auxiliary was appointed. The orthodontist is shared with an adjoining
area, and continued to work six to seven sessions weekly. Since
the 21st March an additional evening orthodontic session has been
undertaken. The dental auxiliary is employed in the Experimental
Scheme of the General Dental Council. Her clinical duties, in
accordance with the regulations, are carried out under supervision at
the two-surgery clinic at Weston Park, Hornsey. Her training in
health education has enabled her to give talks in schools and clinics.
The total number of sessions worked was 3,153, which was
337 more than in 1961.
At 163 inspection sessions 19,284 children were inspected,
i.e. 68% of school roll. 11,621 (60%) were found to require
treatment, and of these 6,353 (54.7%) were treated at the clinics.
At school inspections, it was noticeable that many children were
receiving regular treatment through the National Health Service.
Treatment sessions amounted to 2,990 and the output of work
per session also showed a slight increase. The pattern was of
a markedly conservative nature, and 13,836 fillings were inserted in
11,875 permanent teeth. The number of permanent extractions fell
by 210 to 817. Allowing for the fact that 200 of these teeth were
extracted for orthodontic purposes, 19 permanent teeth were saved for
each permanent tooth lost by disease. Fillings in temporary teeth also
increased by 2,210, but the number of temporary teeth extracted
remained constant. 42 children were supplied with dentures, compared
with 57 in 1961.
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