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Leyton 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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It is gratifying to find mothers bringing their children for treatment who were
themselves treated at the Council's clinics in years past.
Figures published by the Minister of Education in "The Health of the School Child"
for 1958 and 1959 and quoted later in this report under the School section show that
the average number of decayed, missing or filled teeth per school entrant at 5 years
of age is 5.7 that is, over a quarter of its total temporary dentition has been affected
by dental disease in three years (2.5).
This emphasises, as nothing else could, the need for very early and very frequent
(not longer than three monthly) examinations if the temporary teeth are to function as
they should do until the eruption of the permanent teeth.

DENTAL CLINICS Types of Treatment Given

Expectant MothersNursing MothersChildren under school age
Extractions
(a) Permanent teeth9627-
(b) Temporary teeth--267
Fillings
(a) Permanent teeth68119-
(b) Temporary teeth--514
Inlays provided---
Crowns provided---
Anaesthetics administered
(a) Local27693
(b) General
(i) by Medical Officers on County Staff--
(ii) by Others2021125
(a) Scaling24407
(b) Prolonged scaling and gum treatment22151
Silver nitrate treatment--275
Dressings46124189
X-ray examinations4122
Dentures provided
(a) Full-15-
(b) Partial215-
Dentures repaired---
Dentures remade
(a) Full--_
(b) Partial---
Orthodontic appliances (a) Fixed
(b) Movable---
Prophylactic treatment and other operations Polishing2-5
Number of treatments (scaling and prophylactic carried out by Oral Hygienists)475013

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