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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Table IV.—Continued.
Group I V.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
| Under th | e Authority's Scheme (H) | Otherwise (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential treatment with education | Residential treatment without education | Nonresidential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic | Residential treatment with education | Residential treatment without education | Nonresidential treatment at an orthopaedic | Total number treated | |
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | ||
| No. of children treated | 12 | — | 500 | — | — | 25 | 525 |
Group V.—Dental Inspection and Treatment. (I) Number of Children inspected by the Dentists :—
(a) Routine Age Groups—
| Age | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 1,595 | 1,872 | 1,905 | 2,154 | 2,325 | 2,484 | 1,804 | 1541 | 1517 | 579 | 17,776 |
| (b) Specials | 231 | ||||||||||
| (c) Total (Routine and Specials) | 18,007 | ||||||||||
| (2) Number found to require treatment | 10,491 | ||||||||||
| (3) Number actually treated | 4,239 | ||||||||||
| (4) Attendances made by children for treatment | 7,683 | ||||||||||
| (5) Half-days devoted to | Inspection 156 | Total | 1,067 | ||||||||
| Treatment 911 | |||||||||||
| (6) Fillings | Permanent Teeth 3,430 | Total | 6,053 | ||||||||
| Temporary Teeth 2,623 | |||||||||||
| (7) Extractions | Permanent Teeth 758 | Total | 6,882 | ||||||||
| Temporary Teeth 6,124 | |||||||||||
| (8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 1,847 | ||||||||||
| (9) Other operations | Permanent Teeth 1,755" | Total | 2,439 | ||||||||
| Temporary Teeth 684 | |||||||||||
| Group VI.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions. | |||||||||||
| (i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 6 | ||||||||||
| (ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 34,151 | ||||||||||
| (iii) Number of individual children found unclean | 515* | ||||||||||
| (iv) Number of children cleansed under the arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | Nil | ||||||||||
| (v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken :— | |||||||||||
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | Nil | ||||||||||
| (b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws | Nil | ||||||||||
* In addition 75 children were found unclean at medical inspection and 130
in the School Clinic.