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Heston and Isleworth 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| Remarks. | |||||
| (c) | No. of Children actually treated | 6568 | In arriving at this figure each child is only counted once even though it attended several times during the year for treatment. | ||
| 2. | Half days devoted to Inspection | 66 | 1965 | Average number inspected per session-— 123. Included in the 1612 ordinary treatment sessions are 69 sessions which were entirely devoted to Orthodontic Treatment. These sessional figures are for approximately 4 whole time dental surgeons. | |
| Treatment—Ordinary | 1612 | ||||
| do. Gas | 192 | ||||
| Administration | 95 | ||||
| 3. | Attendances made by children for treatment | 21400 | 3. | This is the gross attendance of children at the Dental Clinic, but children were not always physically treated, for various reasons, every time they attended. | |
| 4. | Fillings— | 10002 | 4. | The ratio of fillings in permanent teeth to extractions of permanent teeth was 504 fillings to 100 extractions. | |
| Permanent Teeth | 8615 | ||||
| Temporary Teeth | 1387 | ||||
| 5. | Extractions— Perm. | Temp. | 8659 | ||
| At Treatment Sessions 13 | 735 | ||||
| At Gas Sessions 1698 | 6213 | ||||
| Total | |||||
| 6. | Administrations of general thetics | anaes- | 2676 | 6. | The percentage of attendances for "Gas," 2,676, of total attendances for treatment, 21,400, was 12.5. |
| 7. | Other Operations | 7299 | |||
The 2,676 " administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions " represents the number
of times gas was given, and not the number of sessions devoted to extractions under gas, which
was 192.
Dentures for School Children.
In eight cases dentures were supplied for school children where the state of the mouth
left by the necessary extractions was such that it was imperative to supply dentures to replace
the teeth removed. These are charged for on the same scale as for dentures supplied to mothers
under the Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Scheme.
Other Operations.
The figure shown in the Table—7,299—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:—
Silver Nitrate Treatment 1636
Dressings 1447
Scaling and Polishing Teeth 163
Treatment of Gums 256
Destroying the Pulp 14
Orthodontic Cases (Advice) 388
Impressions taken 642
Orthodontic Appliances fitted 225
Orthodontically treated 2528
7299
Attendances made by Children for Treatment.
The figure 21,400 shown in the Board's Table is the gross figure of school children's
attendances at the Dental Qinic, but actually physical treatment was not given in every instance,
as in some cases treatment was postponed, or an appointment was given for ' gas '.
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