London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Sutton 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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No. of children examined 1237
No. with no decayed, extracted or filled teeth 409
Percentage with no d.e.f. 33.06%
Total number of d.e.f. teeth 3700
Average d.e.f. rate per child 2.99
Average number of decayed teeth per child 1.34
Average number of filled teeth per child 1.28
Average number of extracted teeth per child .37
Percentage of children previously treated and 19.32%
dentally fit at time of inspection
Children previously treated but needing 25.94%
further treatment
Children not previously treated but now 21.66%
needing treatment
Children with a d.e.f. rate of 10 or over 2.8%
The percentage of caries free children varied from
school to school from a low of 10.77 "to a high of 46.93 and
the d.e.f. rates from 2.22 to 4.30. Separate figures for the
schools are listed with other dental statistics as follows