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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
Ilford 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Table IV.—
| (1) | Number of Children who were:— | ||||
| (a) Inspected by the Dentists:— | |||||
| Aged | 5 2,l48 | Total | 14,900 | ||
| Routine Age Groups | 6 2,727 | ||||
| 7 2,730 | |||||
| 8 2,010 | |||||
| 9 1,73 | |||||
| 10 1,694 | |||||
| 11 1,859 | |||||
| Specials | 1,373 | ||||
| Re-inspections | 1,397 | ||||
| Grand Total | 17,670 | ||||
| (b) Found to require treatment | 9 020 | ||||
| (c) Actually treated | 3,917 | ||||
| 1 ,446 | |||||
| (2) | Half-days devoted to | Inspection | 199 \ | Total | 969 |
| Treatment | 770 / | ||||
| (3) | Attendances made by children for treatment | 7,034 | |||
| (4) | Fillings | Permanent Teeth | 3,109 | Total | 6,729 |
| Temporary Teeth | 3,620 | ||||
| (5) | Extractions | Permanent Teeth | 833 | Total | 8,545 |
| Temporary Teeth | 7,712 | ||||
| (6) | (a) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 1,444 | |||
| 3,149 | |||||
| (7) | Other operations | Permanent Teeth | 2,376 | Total | 3,053 |
| Temporary Teeth | 677 | ||||
| (i.) | Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 7 | |||
| (ii) | Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 210 | |||
| (Hi | ) Number of individual children found unclean | *1,773 | |||
| (iv.) | Number of children cleansed under the arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | 34 | |||
| (v.) | Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | ||||
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | Nil | ||||
| Nil | |||||
| *In addition 111 children were found unclean at medical inspection and in the School Clinic. | |||||