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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
Bromley 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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(9) Extractions:
| Permanent Teeth | 521 | ||
| Temporary Teeth | 2474 | ||
| Total (9) | 2995 | ||
| (10) | Administration of general anaesthetics for extraction | 1571 | |
| (11) | Other operations: Permanent Teeth | 740 | |
| Work not headed | 1547 | ||
| Temporary Teeth | 491 | ||
| Total (11) | 2778 | ||
| Dentures fitted | 33 | ||
| Number of children referred for Orthodontics | 104 | ||
| Number of Orthodontic appliances ordered | 20 | ||
| Number of Orthodontic appliances fitted | 20 | ||
| Attendances for Orthodontic treatment | 283 | ||
| Scaling and Polishing | 228 | ||
| Referred for X-ray | 42 | ||
| (i) | Total number of examinations in the schools by the school | |
| nurses or other authorised persons | 18,681 | |
| (ii) | Total number of individual pupils examined | 6,385 |
| (iii) | Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 16* |
| (iv) | Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54(2), Education Act, 19441 | - |
| (v) | Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54(3), Education Act, 1944) | — |
| *In addition, 111 children showed minor evidence of uncleanliness. | ||
| Total number of treatments given | 1586 |
| Number of new cases | 60 |
| Number of cases on occlusion alone | 6 |
| Number of cases found unsuitable | 9 |
| Number of cases failed to attend | 5 |
| Number of cases awaiting or undergoing operation at the end of the year | 21 |
| Number of cures, with operation | 1 |
| without operation ,, ,, ,, „ „ | 3 |