Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales.
- New South Wales. Department of Public Health
- Date:
- [1968]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The Division organized the physical facilities for a Bacteriological Survey of 500 school children by the Institute of Dental Research. The co-operation of the various Area Directors of Education was appreciated in this project. Lectures were made available to the College of Nursing, the In-Service Training Programme for Public Health Nurses, and the Teachers’ College in Newcastle. The usual advisory service was extended to the Child Welfare Department, the Aborigines Welfare Board, and the Police Department. Routine visits by a mobile clinic were made to the campus of the University of N.S.W. in the May and August-September vacation periods. The Division moved its office from 86 George Street to 11 Lottus Street in December. Although the location is convenient the actual office space is less than necessary and of mediocre quality. It is anticipated that a more satisfactory environment will be obtained in approximately 12 months time. The total statistical achievement for the Division in 1968 was, as under: Examinations. Notifications of dental defects New cases . Repeat cases . Total cases . Extractions . Fillings Treatments, including prophylaxis General anaesthetics. Dentures. Denture repairs. Orthodontic appliances 99,098 26,516 27,507 78,198 105,705 41,478 94,079 107,658 151 1,017 450 349 School Dental Service The new dental clinic at Orange functioned without interruption during 1968, despite some staffing difficulties. The service was well patronized, and is an indication of the need for similar facilities in the major provincial centres. With the Loan Funds in hand an excellent site was made available by the Department of Education for a new dental clinic at the Cartwright Public School, Green Valley. This unit will be functioning in June, 1969, at the latest. The Institute of Dental Research graciously presented, free of all costs, an additional mobile dental clinic to make a total of nineteen now in service in New South Wales schools. This will be air-conditioned next year. Assistance was given to the Department of Preventive Dentistry of Sydney University, with the annual Fluoridation Survey at Tamworth. Staff and a mobile clinic were made available. At the University of N.S.W., 805 examinations were carried out during school vacation periods. One hundred and fifty-seven schools were visited for the purpose of notifying dental defects. Two hundred and seventy-seven schools were visted to carry out actual treatment for the children. This included seventeen schools such as Tibooburra, Menindee, and Wilcannia visited on a regular basis by the Aerial Dental Service. Because of the restrictions of the Dentists Act, it was necessary for Dental Officers to examine 4,823 children prior to treatment being commenced by School Dental Nurses. The time and travelling involved were uneconomical and further effort will be directed at correcting this expensive anomaly. The notification clinics examined 48,250 children, 54-2 per cent of whose parents were notified of dental defects present, urgently requiring attention. Of 20,027 children examined prior to treatment by mobile dental clinics, 64 T per cent required treatment. Only 13-4 per cent had naturally healthy dentitions. A further 22-5 per cent were dentally fit as a result of previous treatment. Parents of 72-7 per cent of the children requiring treatment accepted the free dental treatment offered. In addition to that at Orange, the established clinics at Adamstown, Hurstville, Wollongong, Tamworth, Naremburn, and Parramatta continued to be well patronized. Routine clinics were conducted at Glenfield Park School and Stewart House Preventorium. Total achievements in N.S.W. schools Examinations. .. .. .. .. 83,175 Notified.26,159 New cases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21,298 Total cases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 81,078 Extractions .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29,264 Fillings.] .. 85*598 Treatments including prophylaxis . 90,929 General anaesthetics. .. .. .. .. .. 9 Dentures .. .. .. .. .. .. , 67 Orthodontic appliances 349](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31485595_0114.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
