Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |
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