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Disappointing comments
I WAS disappointed at Andrew Mortimore's comments about the recently published survey figures relating to the health of children's teeth and the proposed fluoridation of tap water (Daily Echo, October 29).
That is the third occasion in which he has tried to brush aside the results of a survey, the other two being the Echo phone poll, and the other being the self completion survey as part of the consultation.
In fact when near the time of the phone survey, a survey organised by the primary care trust produced a result indicating that if anything people were in favour of fluoridation.
At the time I wondered how the survey could have been worded to produce such a result.
1 raised my concerns that following the previous results, any survey could be manipulated to produce a result in favour of fluoridation.
My concerns were raised again when the PCT supplied their reply postcards with first class postage paid. However despite this, and the way the consultation was conducted 72 per cent of those who replied to the survey voted against fluoridation. However this kind of result should surely indicate to those in favour that there is still a lot of work to be done to convince people that fluoridation is a good thing, yet the talk from the Strategic Health Authority is that they have gone above their obligations. I would therefore dispute whether Dr Mapstone's original reassurance has proved justified.
MALCOLM CLARKE, Eastleigh.
I WAS disappointed at Andrew Mortimore's comments about the recently published survey figures relating to the health of children's teeth and the proposed fluoridation of tap water (Daily Echo, October 29).
That is the third occasion in which he has tried to brush aside the results of a survey, the other two being the Echo phone poll, and the other being the self completion survey as part of the consultation.
In fact when near the time of the phone survey, a survey organised by the primary care trust produced a result indicating that if anything people were in favour of fluoridation.
At the time I wondered how the survey could have been worded to produce such a result.
1 raised my concerns that following the previous results, any survey could be manipulated to produce a result in favour of fluoridation.
My concerns were raised again when the PCT supplied their reply postcards with first class postage paid. However despite this, and the way the consultation was conducted 72 per cent of those who replied to the survey voted against fluoridation. However this kind of result should surely indicate to those in favour that there is still a lot of work to be done to convince people that fluoridation is a good thing, yet the talk from the Strategic Health Authority is that they have gone above their obligations. I would therefore dispute whether Dr Mapstone's original reassurance has proved justified.
MALCOLM CLARKE, Eastleigh.
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