[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council.

  • Fife (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i No. of Decayed Teeth. No. of Children. Boys. Girls. Total. 0 508 482 990 1 1 259 266 525 2 221 241 462 3 114 126 240 4 110 126 236 5 73 53 126 6 78 73 151 7 22 36 58 8 29 29 58 More than 8 72 1,486 Dental Treatment. 72 1,504 144 2,990 j During the year 3,053 children attended the clinic for treatment knd made 4,279 attendances, an average of 1*4 attendances per child. ► this is an increase of one hundred and twenty-two in the number of hildren attending the clinic, and an increase of ten in the number of : Lttendances made, compared with last year. 2,524 children attended Ls the result of the systematic inspection and made 3,480 attendances. »29 children came as casual cases and made 799 attendances. 140 of jhese casual cases Were of pre-school age, while the remainder Were jrom the High and Queen Anne Schools. The following figures show the treatment carried out throughout the ear :— ■ Temporary Teeth. Permanent Teeth. i Extractions— Without Local Anaesthesia, 901 3 With Local Anaesthesia, 1243 353 'illings— Cement, 240 6 Amalgam, 420 2203 Silicate, . . — 450 Root Fillings, . . 6 38 ther Operations— Silver Nitrate Treatment, 2772 42 Dressings Inserted, , , 397 Scaling and Cleaning, 975 Porcelain Crowns, 7 Minor Regulation Visits, 13 The total amount of treatment carried out during the school year, )gether with a comparison of the corresponding figures for the previous ear, was as follows :— 1935-36. 1934-35. Teeth Extracted, 2500 2820 Fillings Inserted, 3363 3183 Teeth Treated with Silver Nitrate, 2814 2332 Dressings Inserted, 397 414 Scaling and Cleaning, 975 927 Porcelain Crowns, 7 7 Minor Regulation Visits, •— - 13 10 '