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Heston and Isleworth 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: Other Operations. —The figure shown in the table—3006— is made up as follows, and is of course considerably augmented by the orthodontic scheme, as this work in statistical form cannot be shown elsewhere in the Board's table:—

Other Operations. —The figure shown in the table—3006— is made up as follows, and is of course considerably augmented by the orthodontic scheme, as this work in statistical form cannot be shown elsewhere in the Board's table:—

NumberGrand Total.
Silver Nitrate Treatment265
Dressings261
Scaling and Polishing Teeth64
Treatment of Gums59
do. by Drugs5
do. by Knife3
Devitalizing the Pulp18
Separating Teeth23
Repairs to Appliances8
Dentures fitted (Children)4
Impressions taken—upper and lowers1094
Appliances fitted165
do. adjusted657
do. use supervised380
3006

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Attendances Made by Children for Treatment.—The figure
5035 shown in the Board's table is not the gross figure of school
children's attendances at the Dental Clinic, which was 6681, all
of which were nominally " attendances for treatment," but,
although making such attendances, only 5035 were treated
physically, the remainder being referred for gas, given advice,
inspected, treatment postponed, etc., which latter classes of
attendances were counted as special inspections.
Emergency Cases.—This branch of the dental service has
now been running for over two years, and is being increasingly
appreciated.
In order to save children from suffering pain, a scheme was
devised whereby any urgent dental case could be referred by
any Head Teacher to the Clinic, on any afternoon when the
schools were open, at 2 p.m., which was later changed to 1.45
p.m. On coming into the Clinic these cases are dealt with in
addition to the normal appointments, and take precedence over
them.
This is a humane provision and, during the year 1931,
757 cases were so referred by the Head Teachers.