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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

Hackney 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: SCHOOL DENTEL STATISTICS

SCHOOL DENTEL STATISTICS

HackneyI.L.E.A.
1. School Roll34,277409,664
2. Number of Sessions
Treatment - ordinary4,139.427,255. 0
Treatment - General Anaesthetic..106.5488.6
Inspection145.0965.0
TOTAL4,390.928,708.6
3. First Inspections
(a) Number of first inspections in school13,36879,879
(b) Number of first inspections at clinic1,13738,733
(c) TOTAL14,505118,612
(d) Total as percentage of school roll (3(c) as percentage of 1)42. 329. 0
(e) No. inspected found to require treatment..9,83276,575
(f) Percentage of no. inspected found to require treatment67.864.6
(g) No. offered treatment8,41168,416
(h) Percentage of no. requiring treatment offered treatment85.589.3
(i) Percentage of no. requiring treatment elected for private treatment14. 510.7
4. Re inspect ions
(a) Reinspections at school-51
(b) Reinspections at clinic47412,009
(c) TOTAL47412,060
(d) No. of reinspections as percentage of first inspections (4(c) as percentage of 3(c))3.310. 2
(e) No. reinspected found to require treatment2547,910 65.6
(f) Percentage of no. reinspected found to re-require treatment (4(e) as percentage of 4(c))53.6
5. Number of appointments given to:
(a) New cases25,607163,442
(b) On treatment cases31,367186, 267
Number of attendances made by:
(c) New cases10,39272,187
(d) On treatment cases23,921140,944
(e) Emergencies6694,931
(f) Total attendances34,982218,062
6. Response rate:
(a) New cases (5(c) as percentage of 5(a))40.644. 2
(b) On treatment cases (5(d) as percentage of
5(b))76.375.7
7. Cases discharged dentally fit5,80955,989
8. Lapse Rate (treatment not completed)
Item 5(c) plus 5(e) less item 7 expressed as
percentage of 5(c)+ 5(e)47. 527.4