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 Finchley]
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26 children were re-inspected, and of these 13 received
treatment.
499 Special Cases were seen by the Dentist at the request
of parents or teachers, and 422 of these were treated.
The work carried out by the Dentist during the year is. set out in the following table:—
1932 | 1933 | |
---|---|---|
Number of children inspected and re-inspected | 4383 | 4462 |
Number of children treated | 2155 | 1908 |
Number of attendances at Dental Clinic | 3281 | 2879 |
Number of fillings | 1690 | 1301 |
Number of extractions | 2727 | 1884 |
Number of other operations | 841 | 1059 |
Number of general anaesthetics | 590 | 504 |
The following table shows the percentage of the children in each school who were found to require treatment, the percentage of these children requiring treatment who actually received treatment at the Dental Clinic, and the percentage stated to be receiving private treatment.
(1) School. | (2) Percentage of children requiring treatment. | (3) Percentage of those in (2) who received treatment at the Dental Clinic. | (4) Percentage of those in (2) stated to be receiving private treatment. |
---|---|---|---|
Manorside | 62.79 | 63.92 | 10.24 |
St. Mary's | 62.24 | 71.32 | 8.91 |
The Martin | 62.21 | 82.26 | 14.34 |
St. John's | 65.15 | 63.0 | 16.0 |
Northside | 58.50 | 61.58 | 11.08 |
Holy Trinity | 63.95 | 52.66 | 7.98 |
Christ Church | 71.07 | 31.58 | 8.78 |
The Alder | 58.90 | 51.72 | 8.28 |
Our Lady of Lourdes | 63.0 | 65.08 | 7.14 |