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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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TABLE.IV - DENTAL INSPECTION & TREATMENT
| (1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist - | |||||||||||
| (a) Routine age groups | |||||||||||
| Age | 5 and under | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total |
| Numbers | 2,294 | 1,205 | 1,374 | 1,600 | 1,484 | 1,315 | 1,208 | 1,065 | 342 | 75 | 11,960 |
| (b) Specials | 886 | ||||||||||
| (c) TOTAL (Routine & Specials) | 12,846 | ||||||||||
| (2) Number found to reqaire treatment | 9,292 | ||||||||||
| (3) Number actually treated | 3,417 | ||||||||||
| (4) Attendance made by children for treatment | 7,168 | ||||||||||
| (5) Half-days devoted to:- | (7) Extractions:- | ||||||||||
| Inspection | 79 | permanent Teeth | 1,128 | ||||||||
| Temporary Teeth | 4,881 | ||||||||||
| Treatment | 905 | Total | 6,009 | ||||||||
| Total | 984 | (8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 138 | ||||||||
| (6) Filling&r- | |||||||||||
| Permanent Teeth | 2,819 | (9) Other Operations:- | |||||||||
| Temporary Teeth | 641 | Permanent Teeth | 259 | ||||||||
| Temporary Teeth | 247 | ||||||||||
| Total | 3,460 | Total | 506 | ||||||||
TABLE.V - VERMINOUS CONDITIONS
| (i) | Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 17.3 |
| (ii) | Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 79,441 |
| (iii) | Number of individual children found unclean | 821 |
| (iv) | Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | 59 |
| In addition, 197 were cleansed prior to evacuation | ||
| (v) | Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:- ) | |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | - | |
| (b) Under School Attendance Byelaws | - | |