STUDIES ON THE DEPARTMENT OF DENTAL CLINIC IN THE HEALTH CENTER

(1) The Present and its Study of Oral Hygiene in Tokyo Chuo Health Center

Abstract

The program for a week drawn up by the Dental Hygiene Section of the Tokyo Chuo Health Center and 12 Months' Reports, from January to December of 1956, about the people who came to Mass Medical Clinics directed by the Health Center, and about the conditions of dental treatments belonging to the extent of the Health Center Dental Section, all things above-mentioned and the transition aspects from the 1951 to the 1956 (for 6 years in all) were statistically arranged, at the same time, Mass Medical Treatments from the “Welfare Monthly Reports” of the 1956 and the results of Health Center of the whole country reported by the Welfare Department in the 1955 and 1956. From this, the average value obtained was classified and compared with that of the Chuo Health Center. About the results in the 1956 of the Chuo Health Center, the authors we considered the very clinical limit from the view point of the required time in the presence of treatments.
1) The program of the week was planned in order to answer the content of Dental Sanitary Service required by the Chief of Public Health Bureau, and the Chief of Preventive Bureau of Welfare Department, considering morning and afternoon each (half a day) as a unit, the authors roughly arranged them as follows:
Sanitary education: one unit: Mass Medical Examination and Directions: 2 units; Pregnant women and Maternity Directions: 2 units; Preventive treatment, Early Cure and General Directions: 4 units; Investigation, connection of in and out: 2 units.
2) The cases of Medical Examination of children in the 1956 were 1,959 and children Mass Medical Examination by the “Law of Children Welfare” were more than 2 times a year and others were done in Dental Sanitary Weeks and in co-operation with the plans of Mother-Child Section, while adults were examined in the Dental Weeks and Safety Labour Weeks, but these cases were rather a few. The total cases of the Health Center were numerous compared with those of one Health Center in, any other prefecture and cities at large. Monthly changes also proved so. There has been a tendency of increase in childern and decrease in adults during the 6 years with transition in view.
3) The number of children and school-children who came to Clinics were 834 cases in younger children, while 310 cases in school-children in 1956. The children came to Clinics on the occasion of Mass Examination, while school-children mainly came to the clinic in winter and summer vacation. The cases of children who visited the Health Center was numerous compared with those who came from one Health Center of the country, but with Monthly Observation in view, in March, June and December visitors were rather a few. The transitions during the 6 years shown a tendency to increase.
4) Of the numbers of adults and pregnant women, there 1,524 cases of adults and 916 cases of pregnant women in the total of the 1956. Adults were liable to avail themselves of the time when Children Mass Examination was held, but pregnant women visited the clinic mainly in October regardless of the time availble. The cases of women of the Health Center were numerous comparing with those of any Health Center of the country. It was, also, the cases with the Monthly Observation.
5) The total number coming to Clinic in one day, on the parts of children, school-children and adults; The average was 17.1 and was larger in number comparing with that of the National Hospitals and when calculated in unit, the rate would be higher. It was considered mainly to be ascribed to the elaborite activities of the Dental Sanitary Personnel. A unit of pregnant women was 8.7 and they can be directed well by the hands of our operators concerned.