Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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DENTAL CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
Attendances and Treatment | Expectant & Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | 1969 | 1970 | 1969 | |
Inspection | 33 | 36 | 867 | 1118 |
No. found to require treatment | 31 | 32 | 355 | 401 |
No. offered treatment | 30 | 30 | 352 | 377 |
Re-inspection | 5 | 4 | 139 | 125 |
No. found to require treatment | 5 | 3 | 65 | 68 |
First visits for treatment | 38 | 36 | 348 | 394 |
Subsequent visits | 73 | 93 | 707 | 716 |
Total visits | 111 | 129 | 1055 | 1110 |
Additional courses of treatment | 3 | 5 | 47 | 38 |
Fillings | 97 | 107 | 1152 | 1183 |
No. of teeth filled | 73 | 88 | 1061 | 1091 |
Extractions | 31 | 19 | 152 | 185 |
General anaesthetics | 6 | 11 | 84 | 96 |
Emergency visits | 3 | 3 | 46 | 63 |
Patients x-rayed | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 |
Sea lings | 23 | 10 | 35 | 20 |
Teeth otherwise conserved | - | - | 41 | 71 |
Teeth root filled | 3 | - | - | 1 |
Crowns | - | - | - | - |
Inlays | - | - | - | - |
No. of Dentures supplied | 2 | 11 | 1 | |
Courses of treatment completed | 24 | 19 | 353 | 362 |
Sessions devoted to inspection and treatment | 12 | 14.55 | 162.5 | 176.8' |
Sessions devoted to Health Education | 3 | - | 7 | - |