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Information on dental sessions and attendances is given in the
table below. The number of inspection sessions at schools is small
as this scheme did not start to operate in Wandsworth until late
in the year. The majority of initial inspections were carried out
at the Council's dental surgeries and totalled 6,798 in 1965 compared
with 6,243 in 1964. The proportion of children inspected
who were found to require treatment was 69 per cent. and although
this figure is less than for that of 1964 (75.6 per cent.) the position
still leaves much to be desired. The response rate of new cases
attending for treatment at 50.2 per cent. was slightly higher than
in 1964, when the rate was 45.3 per cent., and for " on treatment "
cases it was practically the same at 72.5 per cent. compared with
72.4 per cent. in 1964. The average number of permanent teeth
restored for each permanent tooth extracted was 14.8.
Revisional treatment for children who had completed a course
of treatment and had been rendered dentally fit continued
throughout the year.
Sessions and attendances
Sessions
Number of treatment sessions 2,627
Number of inspection sessions in schools 15
Total 2,642
First inspections
Number of first inspections in schools 800
Number of first inspections at clinics 6,798
Total 7,598
Number inspected found to require treatment 5,243
Percentage requiring treatment 69.0
Number offered treatment 5,156
Percentage of number requiring treatment offered
treatment 98.3
Percentage of number requiring treatment who elected
for private treatment 1.7
Reinspections
Reinspections at clinics 1,306
Number reinspected found to require treatment 706
Pecentage of number reinspected found to require
treatment 54.1
Number of appointments given to
New cases 16,052
On-treatment cases 16,785