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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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(2) Number found to require treatment 1505
(3) Number actually treated 1263
(4) Attendances made by children for treatment 2222
(5) Half-days devoted to:—
Inspection 7
Treatment 231
238
(6) Fillings:—
Permanent Teeth 1111
Temporary Teeth 2
1113
(7) Extractions:—
Permanent Teeth 279
Temporary Teeth 1277
1556
(8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions 824.
(9) Other Operations:—
Permanent Teeth 238
Temporary Teeth —
238
TABLE VI.
Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
| (1) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 3.8 |
| (2) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 10813 |
| (3) Number of individual children found unclean | 152 |
| (4) Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 | – |
| (5) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | – |
| (b) Under School Attendance Byelaws | – |