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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
Erith 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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2. Particulars of Time given and of Operations undertaken.
1 Number of half-days devoted to inspection 3
2 Number of half-days devoted to treatment 86
3 Total number of attendances made by the children at the
Clinic 1683
4 Number of permanent teeth extracted 531
5 Number of permanent teeth filled 168
6 Number of temporary teeth extracted 2808
7 Number of temporary teeth filled —
8 Total number of fillings 168
9 Number of Administrations of General Anesthetics included
in (4) and (6) 1301
10 Number of other operations—Permanent Teeth 132
TABLE V.
Summary of Treatment of Defects as shown in Table IV. (A, B, C, and D.)
| Number of Children treated under Local Education Authority's Scheme. Disease or Defect— | |
| Minor Ailments | 696 |
| Visual Defects | 237 |
| Defects of nose and throat | 81 |
| Dental Defects | 1360 |
| Total | 2374 |
TABLE VI.
Summary relating to Children Medically Inspected at the Routine Inspections during the Year 1920.
| 1 The total number of children medically inspected at the routine inspections | 2379 |
| 2 The number of children in (1) suffering from— | |
| Malnutrition | 59 |
| Skin Disease | 14 |
| Defective Vision (including Squint) | 191 |
| Eye Disease | 4 |
| Defective Hearing | 2 |
| Ear Disease | 8 |
| Nose and Throat Disease | 439 |
| Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tubercular) | 86 |
| Defective Speech | — |
| Dental Disease | 986 |
| Heart Disease- Organic | 23 |
| Functional | — |
| Anæmia | 7 |
| Lung Disease (non-tubercular) | 32 |