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
Hackney 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Analysis of Work done in Dental Surguries by Age Groups
| AGED | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 and over | TOTAL | |
| First visits | 4,815 | 3, 491 | 718 | 9,024 |
| Subsequent visits | 8,662 | 9,901 | 1,917 | 20. 480 |
| Additional courses commenced | 534 | 455 | 50 | 1,039 |
| No. of fillings in permanent teeth | 5,121 | 10, 523 | 2,436 | 18,080 |
| No. of fillings in deciduous teeth | 7, 170 | 979 | - | 8, 149 |
| No. of permanent teeth filled | 4, 467 | 9,429 | 2, 138 | 16,034 |
| No. of deciduous teeth filled | 6,452 | 884 | - | 7,336 |
| No. of permanent teeth extracted | 167 | 1, 096 | 228 | 1,491 |
| No. of deciduous teeth extracted | 3,064 | 866 | - | 3,930 |
| No. of general anaesthetics administered | 1,225 | 666 | 68 | 1,959 |
| No. of patients X-rayed | 378 | |||
| Prophylaxis | 1,716 | |||
| Teeth otherwise conserved | 2,999 | |||
| Teeth root filled | 129 | |||
| Inlays | 23 | |||
| Crowns | 33 | |||
| Courses of treatment completed | 5, 388 | |||
N.B. A 'first visit' is the first time a schoolchild attends in the current
calender year. Thus the number of children on the 'books' is the total
number of first visits.