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Bexley 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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| Average number of pupils taking milk daily:— | |
| Primary | 6,255 |
| Secondary | 3,215 |
| 9,470 | |
School Dental Service.
Report on Little Danson Clinic Year ending 1958 (Contributed
by Mrs. A. B. Perkins, L.D.S., R.S.P.S., (Glas.).
During the year the surgery was equipped with a new
dental unit and was redecorated.
Approximately 50% of the school population allotted to
the surgery were inspected in school and 86% of these required
treatment.
Owing to the amount of conservative treatment required, a great number of orthodontic deformities did not receive treatment and it would appear that specialist assistance in this field is fast becoming a necessity.
The following is a table of work for the year.
| Number inspected at School | 1934 |
| Number requiring treatment | 1665 |
| Number treated | 797 |
| Number of sessions (a) Inspection | 14 |
| (b) Treatment | 481 |
| Number of fillings (a) Permanent teeth | 2,031 |
| (b) Temporary teeth | 399 |
| Number of teeth conserved | |
| (a) Permanent teeth | 1,642 |
| (b) Temporary teeth | 352 |
| Number of extractions | |
| (a) Permanent teeth | 267 |
| (b) Temporary teeth | 655 |
| Number of attendances for treatment | |
| (including attendances for orthodontics) | 3,803 |
| Number of general anaesthetics | 375 |
| Orthodontics | |
| Cases commenced during year | 30 |
| Number completed | 16 |
| Number of attendances | 388 |
| Number of appliances | 40 |