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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hillingdon 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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Personal Health Services
Priority Dental Service
The inspection and treatment of the priority group occupies approximately one tenth of each dental
officer's time. Attendances show an increase on the previous years. This trend is in no small measure
due to opening of modern clinics and bringing the older surgeries up to date. There are also specially
trained dental surgery assistants who promote good relations with the mothers and toddlers.
All this work is helping to produce in the coming generation a different outlook towards dentistry.
There is no doubt that Local Authority dental clinics working as they do in close conjunction with the
Maternity and Child Welfare arrangements have a special place in the community, and many small
children adapt very well to dental care in schemes of this nature.
| Attendances and Treatment | Children Under 5 | Expectant and Nursing Mothers |
|---|---|---|
| First visit | 678 | 166 |
| Subsequent visits | 865 | 544 |
| Total visits | 1,543 | 710 |
| Number of Additional Courses of Treatment Commenced | 7 | 25 |
| Treatment Provided: | ||
| Number of fillings | 1,574 | 476 |
| Teeth filled | 1,315 | 350 |
| Teeth extracted | 357 | 104 |
| General anaesthetics | 181 | 23 |
| General anaesthetics given by dental officers | 2 | |
| Emergency visits by patients | 54 | 8 |
| Patients X-rayed | — | 21 |
| Patients treated by scaling, etc. | 11 | 49 |
| Teeth otherwise conserved | 256 | — |
| Teeth root filled | — | 14 |
| Inlays | — | 10 |
| Crowns | — | 14 |
| Number of courses of treatment completed during the year | 443 | 125 |
Prosthetics
Patients supplied with full upper or full lower (first time) 24
Patients supplied with other dentures 38
Number of dentures supplied 69
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| Prosthetics | ||
| Patient Suplied with full upper or full lower (first time) | 54 | |
| Patient Suplied with other dentures | 38 | |
| Number of dentures Suplied | 69 | |
| Inspections | Children Under 5 | Expectant and Nursing Mothers |
| Number of patients given first inspections | 627 | 82 |
| Number of patients who required treatment | 408 | 76 |
| Number of patients who were offered treatment | 401 | 75 |