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Tower Hamlets 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 58 (continued)
| Recuperative Holiday Homes | |
| Number of Schoolchildren (including Nursery schoolchildren) admitted during the year | 240 |
| School Dental Service | |
| Number of half day sessions devoted to: | |
| Treatment | 2, 081.5 |
| Inspections in schools | 32.0 |
| Dental Health Education | 39.0 |
| Total sessions | 2,152. 5 |
| Inspections | |
| Pupils first inspected at school | 1,466 |
| Pupils first inspected at clinic . . | 3,29 2 |
| Percentage requiring treatment | 81.7% |
| Pupils reinspected | 1,912 |
| Percentage requiring treatment | 62. 2% |
| Treatment sessions (average per session in brackets) | |
| New cases appointed | 12,476 (6.0) |
| New cases attended | 5,282 (2 .5) |
| On-treatment cases appointed | 14,553 (7.0) |
| On- treatment cases attended . . | 10,660 (5.1) |
| Emergencies | 255 (0. 1) |
| Total attendances | 16,197 |
| Treatment given (average per session in brackets) | |
| Fillings in permanent teeth | 6 29 3 (3.0) |
| Fillings in temporary teeth | 4,113 (2.0) |
| Extraction of permanent teeth | 236 (0.1) |
| Extraction of temporary teeth | 922 (0.4) |
| Other operations | 3,1ll (1.5) |
| Number of dentures supplied | - |
| Orthodontic treatment | |
| Cases remaining from 1965 | 142 |
| New cases commenced in year | 168 |
| Cases completed in year | 50 |
| Number of removeable appliances fitted | 173 |
| Number of fixed appliances fitted | 6 |
| Staff (full time equivalent) | |
| Medical | 5.35 |
| Nursing | 19.00 |
| Social Workers | 3.00 |
| Physiotherapists | 1. 40 |
| Dental Officers | 6.18 |
| Dental Auxiliaries | 1.00 |
| Dental Surgery Assistants | 6.68 |
| (continued over) | |
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