[Report 1947] / School Medical Officer, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / School Medical Officer, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    have high hopes of attaining tliis minimum objective for the first time in One also hopes that the ultimate objective of six-monthly iiisj)ecliions is not too ifar distant. It should be noted that inspections have not, been carried out in excess of the numbers which could he treated and the projK'n'tion of insj)ection time to treat¬ ment time is a clear indication of this. Jturing the year tlie unfortunate e[)idemic of infantile paralysis caused con¬ siderable interference with the dental service owing to the ban on extractions which in addition to causing ditlieultics with organisation has also created a number of anomalies in the statistics slujwn in the table below. Tlie extraction and general aiuestlietic figures are lower than they should have been and tlie number of children actually treated is also low in consequence so that the apparent acceptance rate is less. In fact the real acceptance rate is almost identical with last year’s (apjproxi- mately HU per cent.) and is high in comparison with the average [for the whole country. In view of the above it is perhape unwise to draw any very definite conclusions about the statistics but it is very satisfactory to see the progress made with the development of the conservation figures which over the year show that over seven permanent teeth were saved for every one lost. The premises at INIusgrove i*ark Hospital were taken over during the year and good progress has been made in fitting up and equipping to make this the headquarters and core of the dental service. The Hental Laboratory was opened in July and has been steadily overwhelmed by the large amount of work which has flowed in from the increasing dental staff. Additiomd technicians are being appointed to bring the laboratory facilities into wider use. The ■Musgrove Special Dental Centre is now undertaking special treatment for cases from the whole county area and the second surgery is being fitted up so that another otficer can undertake special cases in addition to the Senior Dental Officer. Xo details of special treatment have been included in the 1947 statistical table but details will be available in the lt)4H rei)ort which Vill be the first full year of the new scheme. Dental Inspection and Treatment. (1) Xuniber of jjupils insfiecled by the Dental Officers (2) Number found to require treatment (3) Number actually treated (4) Attendances laiade by ])n])ils for treatment (5) Half-days devoted to inspection (d2ti) and treatment (4.2.17) (U) 1'illings— I’ei'inaneiit t(‘('lh, 11,11-f; teiiiporarN 9,l.')4 (7) Ivxtr.actions —I’ermaneiil teeth, 2,(tlH ; teiiqioi'ain 11,1)7.1 (Hj -Administrations of gcner.al amesihetics (Oj Other operations—i’ermaneut, 3,127; temporary, 5,3JH 33,501 24,180 16,873 24,149 4.78;i 24,t')88 13,69.3 1,131 8,445