London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table B (Boys).
| No. of children. | Bom in | Carious temporary teeth. | Carious permanent teeth. | Alveolar abscess, sinus, fistula, gingivitis, malocclusion. | Chronic pharyngitis. | Tonsils. | Submaxillary glands. | Anæmia maldevelopment. | Teeth treated. | No treatment. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent. | Temporary. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Very septic. | Very septic. | Severe enlargement. | Mod. enlargement. | Slight or normal. | Sever? enlargement. | Slight enlargement. | Moderate. | Slight. | Fillings. | Extractions. | Fillings. | Extractions. | |||||||
| 44 | 1915 | 16 | 6 | 59 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 184 | 1 never required treatment. |
| 1 never treated. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 37 | 1916 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 151 | 1 never treated. |
| 39 | 1917 | 55 | — | 38 | — | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 122 | — |
| 30 | 1918 | 61 | - | 30 | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | — | 84 | — |
| 1 | 1919 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | - | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| 151 | 155 | 10 | 150 | 10 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 31 | 102 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 29 | 63 | 48 | 4 | 545 | 1 never required treatment. | |
| Totals. | 165 | 160 | 48 | 47 | 44 | 111 | 549 | 2 never treated. | |||||||||||
| 325 | 660 | 4.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2.15 | |||||||||||||||||||
Table B (Girls).
| 1 | 1915 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | |||||
| 36 | 1917 | 42 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 2 | - | 5 | 30 | 5 | — | 114 | 1 never treated. | |||||
| 31 | 1918 | 39 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | — | 114 | 4 never treated. | |||||
| 68 | 81 | 23 | 50 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 9 | - | 228 | 5 never treated. | ||||||
| Totals. | 104 | 63 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 44 | 228 | |||||||||||||||||
| 167 | 272 | |||||||||||||||||||||||