[Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Manchester.
- Manchester (England). Council.
- Date:
- 1951
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Manchester. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![our capacity for a long time. The table shows the work done there during the year. Number of children under treatment** Number of attendances for advice and treatment Number of appliances fitted Number of completed cases 217 2,224 256 162 In addition 451 children were treated, after examination, by judicious extraction of teeth no appliance being considered necessary. The dental laboratory staff remains at one technician and one indentured apprentice. The latter is now of considerable assistance to the technician. The table shows the activities of the laboratory. Orthodontic appliances Dentures Repairs to dentures . . Artificial crowns individually carved and shaded Cast metal caps Special impression trays Record and study models . . Handpieces overhauled Rings cut from girls’ fingers 259 201 55 7 25 38 561 2 6 With the present surgery accommodation the establishment necessitates I the use of four mobile dental units, and the position in the profession generally at the time of writing gives some hope that at least two of these | will be commissioned in the near future. The proposal to alter the Dentists Act 1921 is now before Parliament] and with it the permission of allowing short trained ancilliary workers to undertake the more routine forms of treatment. In Manchester the need | is lack of premises as well as staff. The Dental Hospital continues to give treatment to children from three of the Committee’s schools and research is being carried out with various types of preventive treatment by the Children’s Department of the Hospital. The results to date are of a negative character. I conclude with a report from Mr. J. Miller, M.D.S., head of the Children’s Department. The figures] given in this report are not included in the statistical table V. Report on Work carried out by the Children’s Clinic THE Holy Name and Higher Ormond Street Schools Number of attendances for treatment Number of permanent fillings Number of deciduous fillings Number of deciduous extractions Number of permanent extractions Number of other operations Orthodontic cases 3,875 625 428 530 118 130 6](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29927870_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
