[Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council.

  • Warwickshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1970
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Credit: [Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In 1970, 578 children in the North-Western area had an average of 2-49 teeth affected and in Warwick 275 had an average of 3-45 teeth affected. Thus, in the six year period in the North-Western area, children had 2-21 less teeth affected by caries, but in Warwick they had only 1-00 tooth improvement. There is also a significant change in the pattern of children who show no signs of dental caries at the age of five years. In 1964, 19-5% of the children had no caries at the age of 5 in the North-Western area and 23-2% in Warwick were caries free. In 1970, 34-6% of the North-Western area children were caries free and in Warwick 27-6% were caries free. Thus, although the Warwick children in 1964 were in a better dental state than in the North-Western area, by 1970 the position had been completely reversed. I am considerably indebted to the Head Teachers of all the schools concerned for their very willing co-operation in having all the survey inspections carried out, and hope that they will feel that the results have demonstrated the usefulness of this public health measure. DENTAL SERVICE. PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN First Inspection Requiring Treatment Offered Treatment Number Treated Number who Completed Treatment Number of Teeth Filled Number of Teeth otherwise Conserved Number of Teeth Extracted Number of General Anaesthetics Sutton Coldfield M.B. 293 140 134 182 198 249 33 78 41 Nuneaton M.B. 448 250 248 193 144 469 41 98 42 Atherstone/Bedworth Area 70 38 32 34 29 34 4 40 18 Eastern Area.. 279 142 132 102 49 130 12 75 33 North-Western Area.. 253 116 85 93 87 155 36 62 29 Central Area.. 263 128 112 113 97 129 12 134 54 Southern Area 247 147 145 149 152 346 3 163 48 Total 1970 .. 1,853 961 888 866 756 1,512 141 650 265 Total 1969 .. 1,680 893 819 868 665 1,355 205 664 254 EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS First Inspection Requiring Treatment Offered Treatment Treated Completed Treatment Teeth Filled Teeth Extracted General Anaesthetics Dentures Supplied Sutton Coldfield M.B. 20 19 19 14 9 18 7 — — Nuneaton M.B. 20 20 19 15 14 59 4 — — Atherstone/Bedworth Area 3 3 3 8 6 8 11 1 1 Eastern Area.. 6 6 6 11 11 28 4 — — North-Western Area.. 60 55 52 53 31 95 56 4 12 Central Area.. 12 12 12 15 8 20 19 1 4 Southern Area 43 39 39 42 21 70 56 8 12 Total 1970 .. 164 154 150 158 100 298 157 14 29 Total 1969 .. 170 156 143 173 102 366 195 17 37