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Heston and Isleworth 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT—YEAR 1932.
Average number of Elementary School children on registers at middle of year, June—9,805.
| Age. | No. | Total. | No. Requiring Treatment. | Per Cent. Requiring Treatment | Remarks. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. No. of children | 5 | 803 | 614 | 76.5 | Percentage inspected at Routine Inspection worked out on School population as at middle of year— 76.6 per cent. | |
| (a) who were in | 6 | 955 | 789 | 82.6 | ||
| spected at Rout | 7 | 912 | 785 | 86.1 | ||
| ine Dental In | 8 | 977 | 852 | 87.2 | ||
| spections. | 9 | 978 | 844 | 86.3 | ||
| 10 | 954 | 808 | 84.7 | |||
| 11 | 724 | 585 | 80.8 | |||
| 12 | 716 | 576 | 80.4 | |||
| 13 | 374 | 303 | 81.0 | |||
| 14 | 115 | 91 | 79.1 | |||
| 15 | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | |||
| 7519 | 6254 | 83.2 | ||||
| No. of Special Inspections | 1788 | Remarks. | ||||
| (b) No. of Children found to require treatment at Routine Dental Inspections | 6254 | (b) This equals 83.2 per cent. of the children inspected at Routine Inspections. | ||||
| (c) No. of Children actually treated | 3655 | (c) In arriving at this figure each child is only counted once even though it attended several times during the year for treatment. The percentage of children treated of those found to require treatment at Routine Inspections is 58.44. | ||||
| 2. Half days devoted to Inspection ... | 51 | 663' | 2. Average number inspected per session— 147. Included in the 450 ordinary treatment sessions which were entirely devoted to Orthodontic Treatment. These sessional figures are for 1 Whole-time Dental Surgeon and 1 Part-time Dental Surgeon (see below). | |||
| Treatment—Ordinary | 450 | |||||
| do. Gas | 135 | |||||
| Administration—Clerical | 19 | |||||
| Dental Committee Meetings | 8 | |||||
| 3. Attendances made by children for treatment | 6361 | 3. The gross attendances made by children at the Dental Clinic were 8,293, but children were not always physically treated, for various reasons, every time they attended. | ||||
| 4. Fillings—Permanent Teeth | 3347 | 3858 | 4. The ratio of fillings in permanent teeth to extractions of permanent teeth was 353 fillings to 100 extractions. | |||
| Temporary Teeth | 511 | |||||
| 5. Extractions— | Perm. | Temp. | ||||
| At Treatment Sessions | 1 | 643 | 6117 | |||
| At Gas Sessions | 945 | 4528 Total | ||||
| 6. Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 1756 | 6. The percentage of attendances for "Gas" 1,756 of total attendances 6,361 was 27.6. | ||||
| 7. Other Operations | 2671 | |||||
Special work undertaken—An Orthodontic Scheme.
Other work—Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Scheme for children up to 5 years of
age, and nursing and expectant mothers.
Attendances: 925; Extractions 655; Fillings 308.
Administrations of General Anaesthetics: 217 ; Other operations: 75.
Staff responsible for the above work:—
1 Dental Surgeon Whole-time.
1 ,, ,, Half-time from 1.4.32.
plus 19 extra sessions.
1 Approved Dental Nurse.
1 Clerk Attendant.
1 Junior Clerk Attendant from Sept.,
1932. Plus some clerical assistance from
the Office of the School Medical Officer.
Extra Staff for Gas Sessions only.
1 Anaesthetist (Asst. School Medical Officer).
1 Trained Nurse (Recovery Room).
For Orthodontic Sessions.
Dental Mechanic—Once a week.
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