London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Havering 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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The full annual statistics for the Dental Service are given
in the following tables:-
Dental Inspections & Treatment of School Children
| Inspections | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) First inspection at school. Number of Pupils | 16,086 | |||
| (b) First inspection at clinic. Number of Pupils | 3,812 | |||
| Number of (a) 4 (b) found to require treatment | 7,162 | |||
| Number of (a) 4 (b) offered treatment | 6,479 | |||
| (c) Pupils re-inspected at school or clinic | 1,297 | |||
| Number of (c) found to require treatment | 734 | |||
| Attendance and Treatment | Ages 5 to 9 | Ages 10 to 14 | Ages | Total |
| 15 & over | ||||
| First Visit | 3,047 | 1,697 | 263 | 5,007 |
| Subsequent Visits | 4,425 | 3,274 | 598 | 8,297 |
| Total Visits | 7,472 | 4,971 | 861 | 13,304 |
| Additional courses of treatment commenced | 421 | 146 | 28 | 595 |
| Fillings in permanent teeth | 2,374 | 3,542 | 854 | 6,770 |
| Fillings in deciduous teeth | 5,500 | 504 | - | 6,004 |
| Permanent teeth filled | 1,964 | 2,976 | 792 | 5,732 |
| Deciduous teeth filled | 4,880 | 460 | - | 5,340 |
| Permanent teeth extracted | 65 | 348 | 88 | 501 |
| Deciduous teeth extracted | 1,935 | 633 | - | 2,568 |
| General anaesthetics | 547 | 154 | 11 | 712 |
| Emergencies | 579 | 194 | 27 | 800 |
| Number of Pupils X-rayed | 532 | |||
| Prophylaxis | 797 | |||
| Teeth otherwise conserved | 1,041 | |||
| Number of teeth root filled | 119 | |||
| Inlays | 1 | |||
| Crowns | 28 | |||
| Courses of treatment completed | 3,419 | |||