HC Deb 27 July 1979 vol 971 cc681-5W
Mr. Woolmer

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what data are available on child dental health, espe-

Dr. Vaughan

The information requested is in the following table. The figures for 1978 are the latest available.

Mr. Woolmer

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the numbers of health visitors, of district nurses and of midwives in (a) the Kirklees area health authority and (b) the Leeds area health authority; what are the corresponding numbers per 10,000 population; and what were the corresponding numbers to the foregoing in 1975 and 1977.

Sir George Young

The information requested is as follows:

cially on emergency visits to dentists and teeth extractions, for (a) the Dewsbury district of the Kirklees area health authority and (b) the Leeds western district of the Leeds area health authority;

(2) what data are available on child dental health, especially on emergency visits to dentists and on teeth extractions, for (a) the Kirklees area health authority, (b) the Leeds area health authority, (c) the Yorkshire region and (d) England and Wales; and what were the corresponding data in 1975 and 1977.

Dr. Vaughan

The information is as follows:

Community Dental Service Community Dental Service Community Dental Service General Dental Service
Emergencies Teeth Extracted Emergencies Teeth Extracted Emergencies Teeth Extracted Teeth Extracted
Kirklees AHA … … 1,300 13,900 1,200 13,300 1,500 12,900 21,000
Leeds AHA … … 2,800 18,800 2,800 17,600 4,200 17,700 45,000
Yorkshire Region … … 14,200 115,000 14,700 97,000 14,800 95,000 221,000
England and Wales … … 190,000 1,098,000 182,000 970,000 Not yet available Not yet available 2,449,000

Figures for emergencies dealt with in the General Dental Services are not available. The only available figures for extraction of childrens teeth in the General Dental Services other than those shown above are:

England and Wales 1975 2,749,000
England and Wales 1977 2,515,000

Information by Districts is not available but further information on child dental health generally may be found in the Survey of Children's Dental Health in England and Wales 1973 published by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and the annual publication Health and Personal Social Services Statistics for England.

Mr. Lawrence

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many dental treatments of children there have been annually in Birmingham since 1964.

Sir George Young

I shall send my hon. Friend the information.