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London County Council 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Table (ii)— School dental service: Attendances and treatments

Table (ii)— School dental service: Attendances and treatments

19581959196019611962
Number of inspection sessions held at schools1,9522,1772,4732,5142,092
Number of children inspected at schools by dental officers196,573215,637244,630246,803212,597
Number found to require treatment144,050152,131165,439161,277137,853
Percentage requiring treatment73.5%70.5%67.6%65.3%64.8%
Additional number inspected at centres36,06727,57623,22919,77817,580
Total number found to require treatment180,117179,707188,668181,055155,433
Total cases treated97,30082,44877,78169,47066,558
Attendances298,342267,781256,983237,411220,639
Ordinary treatment sessions31,32229,63729,00628,06026,638
General anaesthetic sessions1,4311,1801,049922699
Temporary teeth extracted58,22346,46142,34335,28629,147
Permanent teeth extracted19,34214,97314,46711,0728,947
Temporary teeth restored by fillings40,99439,86138,16437,53340,091
Permanent teeth restored by fillings122,558110,934109,586100,75589,130
Fillings in temporary teeth43,17642,65640,99640,35043,935
Fillings in permanent teeth136,811125,053124,821115,294101,534
Other operations: temporary teeth54,88449,10943,88938,68240,493
permanent teeth64,99561,83563,83557,64151,009
General anaesthetics30,86124,36721,75318,10114,125
Cases for whom immediate treatment was completed10,5669,4148,4075,3174,364
Cases discharged as dentally fit66,99054,47450,58445,00340,011

Table: Table (iii)—School dental service: Average number of permanent teeth restored for each permanent tooth extracted

Table (iii)—School dental service: Average number of permanent teeth restored for each permanent tooth extracted

19534.69
19545.32
19557.39
19566.50
19576.41
19586.34
19597.41
19607.57
1961910
19629.96

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Table: Table (iv)— School dental service: Orthodontic sessions

Table (iv)— School dental service: Orthodontic sessions

19581959196019611962
Number of special orthodontic sessions282229237254422
Number accepted at special orthodontic sessions199138152171275
Number accepted at routine sessions474371401470227
Number referred to hospitals186279154154237
Total number of patients accepted or referred859788707795739

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Orthodontics
Orthodontic treatment continued for another year to be somewhat stultified, but some
improvement was effected by the allocation of an additional four sessions a week specifically
for this work. The allocation was, however, at the expense of a similar number of
sessions for routine treatments.