[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorset County Council.

  • Q55239020
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL SCHOOL DENTAL OFFICER J S MacLachlan LDS RCS Eng STAFF Resignations N P Bronsdon, Dental Officer, Wimborne (31 May 1969) S H Smith, Dental Officer, Weymouth (28 March 1969) Mrs ] Gale, Dental Auxiliary, Dorchester (31 January 1969) Miss J Revitt, Oral Hygienist, Dorchester (21 March 1969) Appointments R Hall, Dental Officer, Shaftesbury (27 January 1969) A V Robson, Dental Officer, Weymouth (1 April 1969) L Richardson, Dental Officer, Dorchester Rural Area (1 October 1969) Miss M Holland, Dental Auxiliary, Dorchester (2 June 1969) Miss J Horton, Oral Hygienist (2 September 1969) Transfers J M Paterson from Deputy Chief Dental Officer to Dental Officer, Wimborne P H W Maynard from Dental Officer, Shaftesbury to Dental Officer, Wareham On 31 December 1969, there were fifteen whole-time and three part-time dental officers on the staff, giving a whole-time equivalent, based on the number of sessions worked in the school dental service, of 13.8 officers, an increase over the previous year of nearly a third of a dental officer. ROUTINE VISITS TO SCHOOLS The frequency of visits to schools is shown in Table A below, which must be looked at in the light of the knowledge that the offer of a six-monthly inspection and treatment service is the bare minimum required for the maintenance of dental health and that in only one area is this attained. While it is hoped that future staff increases will reduce the time-lag between visits to under twelve months, it seems unlikely that unless some major preventive measure such as the fluori- dation of the public water supplies or the banning of between meal eating of sweets and biscuits in schools is introduced, the school service in Dorset will never be able to provide an adequate service. TABLE A Approximate interval in months between visits 1966 Blandford 12 Bridport 24 Dorchester Rural 14 Dorchester Urban 14 Gillingham 12 Shaftesbury 18 Sherborne 9 Wareham 24 1967 1968 1969 15 15 10 20 20 18 16 18 24 (post vacant for 12 months) 14 12 12 12 14 16 14 18 10 12 9 11 16 16 16