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 East Ham]
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TABLE III. (Authority's Scheme).
Group II.—Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint. | Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. | ||
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Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 750 | Received Operative Treatment | 766 |
Other defects or disease of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I). | 107 | Received other forms of treatment | 211 |
Total | 857 | ||
Number of Pupils for whom spectacles were:— | |||
(a) Prescribed | 221 | Total number treated | 977 |
(b) Obtained | 221 |
TABLE IV.
DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
(1) | Number of pupils inspected by the Dentist: | |||
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(a) Routine age groups | 11,550 | (6) Fillings: | ||
(b) Specials | 1,072 | Permanent Teeth | 1,439 | |
Temporary Teeth | 480 | |||
(c) Total | 12,622 | Total | 1,919 | |
(7) Extractions: | ||||
(2 | Number found to require treatment | 5,463 | Permanent Teeth | 955 |
Temporary Teeth | 5,646 | |||
(3) | Number actually treated | 4,361 | Total | 6,601 |
(4) | Attendances made by pupils for treatment | 5,560 | ||
(8) Administration of general anaesthetics for extractions | 540 | |||
(5) | Half-days devoted to: | (9) Other operations: | ||
Inspection | 109 | Permanent Teeth | 600 | |
Treatment | 583 | Temporary Teeth | 519 | |
Total | 692 | Total | 1,119 |
TABLE V. VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
(i) Total number of examinations of pupils in the Schools by School Nurses | 30,077 |
(ii) Number of individual pupils found unclean | 764 |