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 London County Council]
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Table (ii)—
1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | |
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Number of inspection sessions held at schools | 1,952 | 2,177 | 2,473 | 2,514 | 2,092 |
Number of children inspected at schools by dental officers | 196,573 | 215,637 | 244,630 | 246,803 | 212,597 |
Number found to require treatment | 144,050 | 152,131 | 165,439 | 161,277 | 137,853 |
Percentage requiring treatment | 73.5% | 70.5% | 67.6% | 65.3% | 64.8% |
Additional number inspected at centres | 36,067 | 27,576 | 23,229 | 19,778 | 17,580 |
Total number found to require treatment | 180,117 | 179,707 | 188,668 | 181,055 | 155,433 |
Total cases treated | 97,300 | 82,448 | 77,781 | 69,470 | 66,558 |
Attendances | 298,342 | 267,781 | 256,983 | 237,411 | 220,639 |
Ordinary treatment sessions | 31,322 | 29,637 | 29,006 | 28,060 | 26,638 |
General anaesthetic sessions | 1,431 | 1,180 | 1,049 | 922 | 699 |
Temporary teeth extracted | 58,223 | 46,461 | 42,343 | 35,286 | 29,147 |
Permanent teeth extracted | 19,342 | 14,973 | 14,467 | 11,072 | 8,947 |
Temporary teeth restored by fillings | 40,994 | 39,861 | 38,164 | 37,533 | 40,091 |
Permanent teeth restored by fillings | 122,558 | 110,934 | 109,586 | 100,755 | 89,130 |
Fillings in temporary teeth | 43,176 | 42,656 | 40,996 | 40,350 | 43,935 |
Fillings in permanent teeth | 136,811 | 125,053 | 124,821 | 115,294 | 101,534 |
Other operations: temporary teeth | 54,884 | 49,109 | 43,889 | 38,682 | 40,493 |
permanent teeth | 64,995 | 61,835 | 63,835 | 57,641 | 51,009 |
General anaesthetics | 30,861 | 24,367 | 21,753 | 18,101 | 14,125 |
Cases for whom immediate treatment was completed | 10,566 | 9,414 | 8,407 | 5,317 | 4,364 |
Cases discharged as dentally fit | 66,990 | 54,474 | 50,584 | 45,003 | 40,011 |
Table (iii)—School dental service: Average number of permanent teeth restored for each permanent tooth extracted
1953 | 4.69 |
1954 | 5.32 |
1955 | 7.39 |
1956 | 6.50 |
1957 | 6.41 |
1958 | 6.34 |
1959 | 7.41 |
1960 | 7.57 |
1961 | 910 |
1962 | 9.96 |
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Table (iv)—
1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | |
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Number of special orthodontic sessions | 282 | 229 | 237 | 254 | 422 |
Number accepted at special orthodontic sessions | 199 | 138 | 152 | 171 | 275 |
Number accepted at routine sessions | 474 | 371 | 401 | 470 | 227 |
Number referred to hospitals | 186 | 279 | 154 | 154 | 237 |
Total number of patients accepted or referred | 859 | 788 | 707 | 795 | 739 |
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.