Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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1 Number of half-days devoted to inspection | 9 |
2 Number of half days devoted to treatment | 70 |
3 Total number of attendances made by the children at the Clinic | 1478 |
4 Number of permanent teeth extracted | 322 |
5 Number of permanent teeth filled | 199 |
6 Number of temporary teeth extracted | 2295 |
7 Number of temporary teeth tilled | 2 |
8 Total number of fillings | 201 |
9 Number of Administrations of General Anæsthetics included in (4) and (6) | 1033 |
10 Number of other operations Permanent Teeth | 77 |
TABLE V.
Summary of Treatment of Defects as shown in Table IV. (A, B, C, and D )
Disease or Defect— | |
Minor Ailments | 545 |
Visual Defects | 281 |
Defects of Nose and Throat | 74 |
Dental Defects | 1282 |
Total • | 2182 |
TABLE VI.
Summary relating to Children Medically Inspected at the Routine Inspections during the Year 1921.
1 The total number of children medically inspected at the routine inspections | 2306 |
2 The number of children in (1) suffering from— | |
Malnutrition | — |
Skin Disease | 3 |
Defective Vision (including Squint) | 217 |
Eye Disease | 7 |
Defective Hearing | 3 |
Ear Disease | 8 |
Nose and Throat Disease | 365 |
Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tubercular) | 67 |
Defective Speech | 1 |
Dental Disease | 1005 |
Heart Disease—Organic | 39 |
Functional | — |
Anaemia | 4 |
Lung Disease (non-tubercular) | 23 |