London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Tottenham 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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DENTAL INSPECTION & TREATMENT ( Contd. )
(2) Found to require treatment 8032
(3) Actually treated 4926
(4) Attendances made by children for treatment 8962
(5) id .f.days devoted to:-
Inspection 50
Treatment 890
Total 940
(6) Fillings:-
Permanent Teeth 2837
Temporary Teeth 707
Total 3544
(7) Extractions:-
Permanent Teeth 1579
Temporary Teeth 8166
Total 9745
(8) Administrations of general
anaesthetics for extractions
297
(9) Other Operations:-
Permanent Teeth 287
Temporary Teeth 278
Total 565
TABLE VI. UNCLEANLINESS & VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
| (i) | Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 14.8 |
| (ii) | Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by the School Nurses ., | 65,269 |
| (iii) | Number of individual children found unclean | 969 |
| (iv) | Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | 48 |
| (v) | Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:- | |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | 12 | |
| (b) Under School Attendance Byelaws | - |