Table 1 Water fluoridation timeline of the UK (2012). Adapted from by the British Fluoridation Society, One in a million: The facts about water fluoridation. [Online] Available at: https://www.bfsweb.org/one-in-a-million (Accessed 18/11/2019)
From: A review of water fluoridation implementation strategy in England 2002–2005
City/Area in the UK | Population receiving artifically fluoridated water | Date of initiation |
|---|---|---|
Cumbria | 120,000 | 1969–71 |
Cheshire | 137,000 | 1968 |
Tyneside | 643,000 | 1968 |
Northumbria | 101,000 | 1968 |
County Durham | 85,000 | 1968 |
Humberside | 136,000 | 1968/69 |
Lincolnshire | 250,000 | Mid 1970s |
Nottinghamshire | 287,000 | Mid 1970s |
Derbyshire | 43,000 | Mid 1970s |
Birmingham | 1,000,000 | 1964 |
Solihull | 200,000 | 1964–74 |
Coventry | 300,000 | 1981–89 |
Sandwell | 300,000 | 1986 |
Dudley | 305,000 | 1986–88 |
Walsall | 253,000 | 1985–87 |
Wolverhampton | 236,000 | 1986 |
Staffordshire | 497,000 | 1986–88 |
Shropshire | 22,000 | 1985–89 |
Warwickshire | 431,000 | 1964–87 |
Worcestershire | 253,000 | 1970–91 |
Bedfordshire | 198,000 | 1971 |
TOTAL | 5,797,000 |