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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

Tower Hamlets 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 63 SCHOOL DENTAL STATISTICS

TABLE 63 SCHOOL DENTAL STATISTICS

(1)Number of Sessions
Treatment - ordinary2256.4
- General Anaesthetic-
Inspection117.0
(2)First Inspections
(a)Number of first inspections in school8493
(b)Number of first inspections at clinic1297
(c)TOTAL9790
(d)Total as percentage of School Roll (3(c) as percentage of (1)28. 8
(e)No. inspected found to require treatment6617
(f>Percentage of no. inspected found to require treatment67. 6
(g)Number offered treatment5911
(h)Percentage of number requiring treatment offered treatment89.3
(i)Percentage of number requiring treatment elected for private treatment10. 7
(3)Reinspectlons
(a)Reinspections in school-
(b)Reinspections at clinic1043
(c)TOTAL1043
(d)No. of reinspections as percentage of first inspections (3(c) as percentage of 2(c)10. 7
(e)No. reinspected found to require treatment765
(f)Percentage of no. reinspected found to require treatment 3 (e) as percentage of 3 (c)73.3
(4)Number ofappointments given to
(a)New cases15670
(b)On treatment cases15981
(5)Number ofattendances made by
(a)New cases5200
(b)On treatment cases11486
(c)Emergencies310
(d)Total attendances16996
(6)Response rate
(a)New cases (5(a) as percentage of 4(a)33.2
(b)On treatment cases (5(b) as percentage of4(b)71. 9
(7)Cases discharged dentally fit2636
(8)Lapse Rate (treatment not completed)
Item (5(a)Plus 5(c) less item 7 expressed as percentage of52.2
5(a )Plus 5(c)