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Mr. Pavitt
asked the Minister of Health what was the ratio of fillings to extractions in the dental health service for each of the past ten years.
Miss Pitt
The ratio of permanent teeth filled to permanent teeth extracted was:
| 1952 | … | … | … | not available |
| 1953 | … | … | … | 1·35 |
| 1954 | … | … | … | 1·49 |
| 1955 | … | … | … | 1·45 |
| 1956 | … | … | … | 1·52 |
| 1957 | … | … | … | 1·63 |
| 1958 | … | … | … | 1·66 |
| 1959 | … | … | … | 1·88 |
| 1960 | … | … | … | 2·15 |
| 1961 | … | … | … | 2·27 |
Mr. Pavitt
asked the Minister of Health what percentage of the total cost of the dental health service was comprised by the costs of the Dental Estimates Boards in each of the last three financial years.
Miss Pitt
The cost of the English and Scottish Dental Estimates Boards as a percentage of the gross expenditure on general dental services in Great Britain was as follows:
| per cent. | ||||
| 1958–59 | … | … | … | 1·41 |
| 1959–60 | … | … | … | 1·45 |
| 1960–61 | … | … | … | 1·58 |