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London County Council 1938

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defect) were reviewed. At the second re-inspection, which takes place after the lapse
of a clear term after the first re-inspection, 36,435 cases not cleared up at a first reinspection
were again reviewed. By combining the results of both re-inspections it is
found that 83.1 per cent. of the children re-inspected were treated or discharged as no
longer requiring treatment. This figure compares with 82.0 per cent. in 1937; 83.9
in 1936,82.3 in 1935, and 75.1 in 1934.
It is the dental cases, which contribute more than half of those to be followed up,
that cause the most difficulty. If these be eliminated the cases of defect satisfactorily
dealt with at the time of the second re-inspection, reached the proportion of 85.5
per cent. in 1938, compared with 84.4 per cent. in 1937.

Table: Table 13 First re-inspections, 1938(Percentages are given in italic type)

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Table 13 First re-inspections, 1938(Percentages are given in italic type)

Defect treated	No. of defects	Treated						Untreated
		By private doctor or dentist		Under Council's scheme		At other hospitals		Dis-charg'd	Improved. For observation only	Still needing treatment
		Dis-charg'd	Not dis- charg'd	Dis- charg'd	Not dis- charg'd	Dis-charg'd	Not dis- charg'd	Dis-charg'd	Improved. For observation only	Still needing treatment
Refraction	13,305	88	50	3,422	1,575	353	175	917	3.255	3,470
Refraction		0.7	0.4	25.7	11.8	2.6	1.3	6.9	24.5	26.1
Minor ailments	4,661	97	21	1,237	295	216	76	1,385	676	658
Minor ailments		2.1	0.5	26.6	6.3	4.6	1.6	29.7	14.5	14.1
Nose and throat	11,144	32	13	3,992	184	640	57	1,047	1,504	3,675
Nose and throat		0.3	0.1	35.8	1.7	5.7	0.5	9.4	13.5	33.0
Teeth	42,629	891	196	17,535	891	2,108	103	2,145	922	17,838
Teeth		2.1	0.5	41.1	2.1	4.9	0.2	5.0	2.2	41.9
Other ailments	8,312	146	53	717	683	725	489	1,853	2,367	1,279
Other ailments		1.8	0.6	8.6	8.2	8.7	5.9	22.3	28.5	15.4
Total	80,051	1,254	333	26,903	3,628	4,042	900	7,347	8,724	26,920
Total		1.6	0.4	33.6	4.5	51	11	9.2	10.9	33.6
Do.(without teeth)	37,422	363	137	9,368	2,737	1,934	191	5,202	7,802	9,082
Do.(without teeth)		1.0	0.4	25.0	7.3	5.2	21	13.9	20.8	24.3
Second re-inspections, 1938
Refraction	7,909	32	20	1,456	1,089	172	92	523	2,199	2,326
Refraction		0.4	0.2	18.4	13.8	2.2	1.2	6.6	27.8	29.4
Minor ailments	1,842	22	3	376	206	70	43	466	317	339
Minor ailments		1.2	0.2	20.4	11.2	3.8	2.3	25.3	17.2	18.4
Nose and throat	5,968	9	3	1,617	86	247	34	733	887	2,352
Nose and throat		0.2	0.0	27.1	1.4	41	0.6	12.3	14.9	39.4
Teeth	16,567	420	88	5,944	345	808	24	1,137	407	7,394
Teeth		2.5	0.5	35.9	21	4.9	01	6.9	2.5	44.6
Other ailments	4,149	27	22	284	472	243	269	900	1,328	604
Other ailments		0.7	0.5	6.8	11.4	5.9	6.5	21.7	32.0	14.5
Total	36,435	510	136	9,677	2,198	1,540	462	3,759	5,138	13,015
Total		1.4	0.4	26.6	6.0	4.2	1.3	10.3	14.1	35.7
Do.(without teeth)	19,868	90	48	3,733	1,853	732	438	2,622	4,731	5,621
Do.(without teeth)		0.5	0.2	18.8	9.3	1.7	2.2	13.2	23.8	28.3

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Cases referred
to the
N.S.P.C.C.
During 1938, 322 children, suffering from 417 defects, were reported to the
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ; these included 219 dental
defects, 69 vision cases, 50 nose and throat affections and 8 cases of ear disease
or deafness.

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Table: Table 13 First re-inspections, 1938(Percentages are given in italic type)

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