London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wood Green 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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TABLE V.— DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT. (1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist— (a) Routine Age Groups—
| AGE | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 220 | 479 | 498 | 413 | 408 | 437 | 364 | 356 | 273 | 227 | 61 | 3,690 |
| (b) Specials | 457 | |||||||||||
| (c) Total (Routine and Specials) | 4,147 | |||||||||||
| (2) Number found to require treatment | 2,850 | |||||||||||
| (3) Number actually treated | 2,051 | |||||||||||
| (4) Attendances made by children for treatment | 4,044 | |||||||||||
| (5) Half-days devoted to:— | (7) Extractions:— | |||||||||||
| Inspection | 28 | Permanent Teeth | 464 | |||||||||
| Treatment | 403 | Temporary Teeth | 2,390 | |||||||||
| Total | 431 | Total | 2,854 | |||||||||
| (8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 705 | |||||||||||
| Fillinors:— | (9) Other Operations:— | |||||||||||
| Permanent Teeth .. 2 | 2,717 | Permanent Teeth | 556 | |||||||||
| Temporary Teeth | 57 | Temporary Teeth | 161 | |||||||||
| Total .. .. 2 | 2,774 | Total | 717 | |||||||||
TABLE VI.— UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
| (i) | Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 10 |
| (ii) | Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 38,482 |
| (iii) | Number of individual children found unclean | 175 |
| (iv) | Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | — |
| (v) | Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | _ | |
| (b) Under School Attendance Byelaws | — | |