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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

Penge 1920

[Report of the School Medical Officer for Penge]

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Table: “B.”—Treatment of Visual Defects.

“B.”—Treatment of Visual Defects.

Number op Children.
Submitted to Refraction.
Referred for Refraction.Under Local Education Authority's Scheme, Clinic or Hospital.By Private Practitioner or Hospital.Otherwise.Total.For whom Glasses were prescribed.For whom Glasses were provided.Recommended for Treatment other than by Glasses.Received other forms of Treat, ment.For whom no Treat, ment was considered necessary.
1298913102102102322

Table: "D."—T reatment of D ental D efects. (1) N umber of C hildren dealt with.

"D."—T reatment of D ental D efects. (1) N umber of C hildren dealt with.

Age Groups.Specials.Total.
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
(a) Inspected by Dentist1,816
(b) Reterred for Treatment1,413-1,413
(c) Actually Treated600101701
(.d) Re-treated (result of Periodical Examination---

Table: (2) P articulars of T ime given and of O perations undertaken.

(2) P articulars of T ime given and of O perations undertaken.

No. of Half-da; devoted to Inspection.ys No. of Half.days devoted to Treatment.Total No. of Attendances made by the children at the Clinic.No. of Permanent Teeth.No. of Temporary Teeth.Total No. of Fittings.No. of Adminis. trations of General Anesthetics included in (4) and (6).No. of other Operations.
Extracted.Filled.Ex. tractedFilled.Perma. nant teeth.Teinpor-ary teeth.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)
810314078637515363867611837

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(2) Particulars of Time given and of Operations undertaken.
No. of Half-da;
devoted to
Inspection.
ys No. of Half.days
devoted to
Treatment.
Total No. of
Attendances
made by the
children at
the Clinic.
No. of
Permanent
Teeth.
No. of
Temporary
Teeth.
Total
No. of
Fittings.
No. of Adminis.
trations of
General
Anesthetics
included in (4)
and (6).
No. of other
Operations.
Extracted.
Filled.
Ex.
tracted
Filled.
Perma.
nant
teeth.
Teinporary
teeth.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
8
103
1407
86
375
1536
386
761
18
37
The Minor Ailments Clinic has been held on Fridays, at 2.30 p.m., at Oakfield
Road School, by Dr. Scott Turner and Dr. Adams Clark, in the room set apart
for Dental Treatment and this Clinic.
The number of children attending during 1920 was 694. The total number
of attendances was 1,195, which is 25 per cent, more than in 1919 and 85 per cent,
more than in 1915, the first complete year, January to December, of the Clinic.
Some trivial cases come to the Clinic, but many needing constant care and attention
are treated ; the majority of these in former days would only have had the attention
which a busy mother could give, or the disease would be allowed to run its course
without treatment.
There were fifteen cases of ringworm of scalp treated during the year, six girls
and nine boys. Nine treated by X-Rays, and four treated by drugs, were cured,