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Wimbledon 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE IV.—
GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.
| NUMBER OF DEFECTS. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received Operative Treatment. | Received other forms of Treatment. | Total number Treated. | ||
| Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital. | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| 91 | 30 | 121 | 109 | 230 |
GROUP IV.—DENTAL DEFECTS.
| 1. Number of Children who were:— | ||||||
| a. Inspected by the Dentist | ||||||
| Routine Age Groups | Aged | Aged | Total | 4130 | ||
| 5 | 10 | 725 | ||||
| 6 | 430 | 11 | 487 | |||
| 7 | 600 | 12 | 364 | |||
| 8 | 568 | 13 | 52 | |||
| 9 | 622 | 14 | 60 | |||
| Specials | 140 | |||||
| Grand Total | 4270 | |||||
b. Found to require Treatment 3179
c. Actually Treated 1858
d. Re-treated during the year as the result of periodical
amination 1094
2. Half-days devoted to :—
Inspection, 40. Treatment, 411 Total 451
3. Attendances made by Children for Treatment 3713
4. Fillings :—
Permanent Teeth, 1777. Temporary Teeth, 7G Total Teeth 1853
Total Fillings 2318
5. Extractions :—
Permanent Teeth, 408. Temporary Teeth, 3026 . Total 3434
6. Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions 517
7. Other Operations: —
Permanent Teeth, 616. Temporary Teeth, 756 Total 1372
GROUP V.—UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITION.
1. Average number of visits per School made during
the year by School Nurses 7
2. Total number of examinations of children in the
Schools by School Nurses 12.704
3. Number of individual children found unclean 354
4. Number of children cleansed under arrangements
made by the Local Education Authority 75
5 Number of cases in which legal proceedings were
taken : —
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 —
(b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws —
92