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London County Council 1963

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

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

T able (ii)— School dental service: Attendances and treatments

19591960196119621963
Number of inspection sessions held at schools2,1772,4732,5142,0921,773
Number of children inspected at schools by dental officers215,637244,630246,803212,597194,886
Number found to require treatment152,131165,439161,277137,853127,308
Percentage requiring treatment70.5%67.6%65.3%64.8%65.3%
Additional number inspected at centres27,57623,22919,77817,58016,063
Total number found to require treatment179,707188,668181,055155,433143,371
Total cases treated82,44877,78169,47066,55875,027
Attendances267,781256,983237,411220,639226,651
Ordinary treatment sessions29,63729,00628,06026,638*25,747
General anaesthetic sessions1,1801,049922699628
Temporary teeth extracted46,46142,34335,28629,14727,866
Permanent teeth extracted14,97314,46711,0728,9477,525
Temporary teeth restored by fillings39,86138,16437,53340,09142,705
Permanent teeth restored by fillings110,934109,586100,75589,13085,718
Fillings in temporary teeth42,65640,99640,35043,93546,143
Fillings in permanent teeth125,053124,821115,294101,53496,676
Other operations:
temporary teeth49,10943,88938,68240,49342,325
permanent teeth61,83563,83557,64151,00953,513
General anaesthetics24,36721,75318,10114,12512,293
Cases for whom immediate treatment was completed9,4148,4075,3174,3644,099
Cases discharged as dentally fit54,47450,58445,00340,01145,758
*For 1,794 of these sessions certain dental officers were also supervising the work of dental auxiliaries.

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

T able (iii)— School dental service: Average number of permanent teeth restored for eachpermanent tooth extracted

19545.32
19557.39
19566.50
19576.41
19586.34
19597.41
19607.57
19619.10
19629.96
196311.39

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The experimental method of call-up of new cases in divisions 1 and 9 (commented on in
the 1962 report) continued throughout 1963, but all the figures required for a final assessment
were not forthcoming during the year. Certain trends were clearly revealed, however,
and it would appear that approximately 75 per cent, of parents notified ' contracted out'
and the remainder returned forms stating that they ' contracted in Of those requesting
attention at Council dental centres, only about half actually accepted appointments when
offered. From cross.section figures received from the London Executive Council, it would
appear that about the same proportion of the parents ' contracting out' sought and obtained
treatment for their children through the General Dental Services. The experiments
and investigation thereon continue.
Orthodontics

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

Table (iv)— School dental service: Orthodontic work

19591960196119621963
Number of special orthodontic sessions229237254422422
Number accepted at special orthodontic sessions138152171275257
Number accepted at routine sessions371401470227251
Number referred to hospitals279154154237186
Total number of patients accepted or referred788707795739694