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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF DENTAL OFFICER - 1972
1 Manpower
A graded staff structure was implemented on 1st April
This provided for the establishment of a Deputy Chief Dental
Officer and four Senior Dental Officers, with appropriate responsibilities
Mr Wright and Mr Sawle were upgraded to Senior Dental
Officers and at the beginning of December, Mr D.J. Wheeler
joined the staff as Deputy Chief Dental Officer
However, as another member of staff resigned in October
to take up a hospital appointment this left the staffing situation
only marginally improved from the previous year with a whole
time equivalent of 6.0 dental officers against 5.6 on 31st December,
1971
The staffing ratio was 7,745 school children per dental
officer.
The establishment for dental auxiliaries wasalso increased
during the year to two, but despite repeated advertisements there
was unfortunately no recruitment before the year ended and the
Authority remained without the services of this valuable class
of ancillary
2 Inspections and Treatment
The number of school children receiving a first dental
inspection during the year, either at school or at a clinic rose
again during the year to a total of 22,358 or forty-nine per cent
of the school population,

Of those inspected, thirty-seven per cent were found to
require dental treatment and of those offered treatment at a
clinic, sixty-three per cent commenced a course of treatment,
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