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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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(8) Administrations of general Anaesthetics for Extractions
314
| (9) Other Operations:— | |
| Permanent Teeth | 392 |
| Temporary Teeth | 508 |
| Total | 900 |
| (10) Attendances for Orthodontic Treatment | 668 |
Table V.— Verminous Conditions.
| (1) Average No. of visits per school made during the the School Nurses or other authorised persons | year by | 18.8 |
| (2) Total number of examinations of children in the by School Nurses or other authorised persons | Schools | 86,172 |
| (3) No. of individual children found unclean (4) No. of individual children cleansed under Section 87 | (2) and | 1,157 |
| (3) of the Education Act, 1921 | 71 | |
| (5) No. of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | ||
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | 42 | |
| (6) Under School Attendance Byelaws | — | |
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
Number of Pupils Inspected 1st January, 1942, to 31st December, 1942.
| Routine Medical Inspection. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |
| Boys | 10 | 9 | 86 | 186 | 133 | 52 | 93 | 3 | — | 572 |
| Girls Totals | — | 1 | 107 | 89 | 83 | 50 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 399 |
| 10 | 10 | 193 | 275 | 216 | 102 | 148 | 16 | 1 | 971 | |
TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.
Number of Pupils Inspected 1st January, 1942, to 31st December, 1942.
| Routine Medical Inspection. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
| Boys | _ | — | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Girls | — | — | — | 26 | 7 | 33 |
| Totals | — | — | 34 | 8 | 42 | |