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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TABLE VI
DENTAL CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
Attendances and Treatment | Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | 1970 | 1971 | 1970 | |
Inspection | 47 | 33 | 791 | 867 |
No. found to require treatment | 38 | 31 | 333 | 355 |
No. offered treatment | 36 | 30 | 323 | 352 |
Re-inspection | 4 | 5 | 137 | 139 |
No. found to require treatment | 3 | 5 | 71 | 65 |
First visits for treatment | 45 | 38 | 387 | 348 |
Subsequent visits | 77 | 73 | 670 | 707 |
Total visits | 122 | 111 | 1057 | 1055 |
Additional courses of treatment | 6 | 3 | 41 | 47 |
Fillings | 87 | 97 | 1036 | 1152 |
No. of teeth filled | 69 | 73 | 936 | 1061 |
Extractions | 20 | 31 | 208 | 152 |
General anaesthetics | 2 | 6 | 109 | 84 |
Emergency visits | 2 | 3 | 79 | 46 |
Patients x-rayed | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 |
Scalings | 19 | 23 | 85 | 35 |
Teeth otherwise conserved | 1 | - | 21 | 41 |
Teeth root filled | - | 3 | - | - |
Crowns | - | - | - | - |
Inlays | - | - | - | - |
No. of Dentures supplied | 7 | 2 | - | - |
Courses of treatment completed | 28 | 24 | 334 | 353 |
Sessions devoted to inspection and treatment | 14.2 | 12 | 162 | 162.5 |
Sessions devoted to Health Education | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |