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Hornsey 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE 22ORTHODONTIC EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT

TABLE 22

ORTHODONTIC EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT

Number of pupils commenced treatment (first attendance)64
Number of attendances made for treatmentfill
Number of consultations15
Number of impressions, etc.254
Number of fixed appliances fitted1
Number of removable appliances fitted65
Number of radiographs26
Number of pupils treatment completed9
Number of orthodontic sessions (½ days)46

Table: TABLE 23—INFESTATION WITH VERMIN

TABLE 23—INFESTATION WITH VERMIN

Total number of examinations33,651
Total number of pupils found to be infested60
Total number of individual pupils found to be infested for the first time during current year42

Table: TABLE 24EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

TABLE 24

EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

1.Number of children medically examined in order to ascertain whether they were physically fit to undertake employment of a light nature outside school hours151
2.Number of instances in which the state of health was found to be such that certificates were withheld1
3.Number of children examined as to fitness to take part in entertainments4
4.Number of cases in which certificates to take part in entertainments were withheld

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TABLE 25
EDUCATION ACT, 1944—Sections 57(3), 57(4) and 57(5)
Cases dealt with under Section 57, Education Act, 1944 :—
Sub-Section 3 7
Sub-Section 4
Sub-Section 5 1
98