HC Deb 22 November 1965 vol 721 cc4-5W
23. Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Minister of Health which public health authorities have decided to add fluoride to water supplies; which have decided not to; and which have decided to provide fluoride in other forms to parents wishing thus to protect their children's teeth.

2. Mr. K. Robinson

With permission, I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT lists of the authorities based on the latest information available to me. I have not authorised local health authorities to provide fluoride other than in water supplies.

Following is the information:

1. Local health authorities who have resolved in support of fluoridation
County Councils
Bedfordshire. Rutland.
Buckinghamshire. Shropshire.
Cheshire. Staffordshire.
Cumberland. Suffolk West.
Derbyshire. Surrey.
Durham. Warwickshire.
Essex. Worcestershire.
Hampshire. Yorkshire North Riding.
Hunts. and Peterborough. Yorkshire West Riding.
Isle of Wight.
Leicestershire. Anglesey.
Lincs. (Kesteven). Breconshire.
Lincs. (Lindsey). Denbighshire.
Northamptonshire. Flintshire.
Northumberland. Glamorgan.
Nottinghamshire. Monmouthshire.
Oxfordshire. Radnorshire.
County Borough Councils
Barrow-in-Furness. Rotherham.
Birmingham. Salford.
Blackpool. Sheffield.
Bolton. Smethwick.
Bootle. Solihull.
Burton-on-Trent. Southampton.
Coventry. Southport.
Derby. South Shields.
Dewsbury. Stockport.
Dudley. Stoke on Trent.
Gateshead. Wakefield.
Gloucester. Wallasey.
Huddersfield. Walsall.
Leicester. Warrington.
Luton. West Bromwich.
Oldham. Wigan.
Preston. Wolverhampton.
Reading. Merthyr Tydfil.
Rochdale.
London Boroughs
Bexley. Kingston-upon-Thames.
Bromley. Redbridge.
Croydon. City of Westminster.
Ealing. Greenwich.
Islington.

Councils exercising delegated health and welfare functions
Chesterfield Borough. Nuneaton Borough.
Oldbury Borough.
Easington Rural District. Scunthorpe Borough.
Gillingham Borough. Stretford Borough.
Sutton Coldfield Borough.
Huyton-with-Roby Urban District. Woking Urban District.
Keighley Borough.

Local health authorities who have resolved against fluoridation

This list includes authorities who reached a decision a year or more ago and are known to be reconsidering the matter.

County Councils
Berkshire. Lincs. (Holland).
Cornwall. Norfolk.
Dorset. Somerset.
Gloucestershire Westmorland.
Herefordshire. Merioneth.
Kent.
County Boroughs
Bath. Lincoln.
Birkenhead. Liverpool.
Bournemouth. Manchester.
Brighton. Middlesbrough.
Bristol. Northampton.
Bury. Norwich.
Carlisle. Nottingham.
Chester. Oxford.
Darlington. Plymouth.
Doncaster. Portsmouth.
Eastbourne. Sunderland.
Exeter. St. Helens.
Great Yarmouth. Worcester.
Grimsby. Cardiff.
Halifax. Newport.

Councils exercising delegated health and welfare functions
Basildon Urban District. Poole Borough.
Stockton-on-Tees Borough.
Gosport Borough.
Havant and Water-loo Urban District. Swindon Borough.
Worthing Borough.
Middleton Borough. Rhondda Borough.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough.