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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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SPECIAL DENTAL TREATMENT UNDERTAKEN BY DENTAL OFFICERS
Number of impressions, etc. 279
Number supplied with dentures 65
Number of crowns and bridges 37
Number of inlays 8
Number of radiographs (a) at Dental Clinics 210
(b) at Hospitals 1
ORTHODONTIC EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT
| AGE GROUPS | Totals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14+ | ||
| Number of pupils examined | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 33 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 17 | 25 | 201 |
| Number of pupils selected for treatment | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 179 |
Number of pupils commenced treatment (first attendance) 460
Number of attendances made for treatment 3011
Number of consultations 101
Number of impressions, etc 4675
Number of fixed appliances fitted 19
Number of removable appliances fitted 213
Number of radiographs (a) at Dental Clinics 510
(b) at Hospitals -
Number of pupils treatment completed 202
Number of orthodontic sessions (half days) 440
Distribution as at 31st December 1957
| Category | In Special Day Schools | In Special Residential Schools | In Maintained Primary & Secondary Schools | In Independent Schools | Not at School | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | |
| Blind Pupils | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| Partially Sighted Pupils | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| Deaf Pupils | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 7 |
| Partially Deaf Pupils | 7 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 13 | |
| Educationally Sub normal Pupils | 59 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 82 | 53 |
| Epileptic Pupils | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 |
| Maladjusted Pupils | - | - | 13 | - | 4 | 2 | 20 | 3 | - | - | 37 | 5 |
| Physically Handicapped Pupils | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 28 | 11 |
| Pupils with Speech Defects | 2 | 1 | - | - | 225 | 91 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 237 | 95 |
| Delicate Pupils | 5 | 2 | 17 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 10 |
| Pupils with Multiple Defects | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 |
| Totals | 112 | 79 | 64 | 21 | 248 | 103 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 459 | 212 |
| Grand Totals | 191 | 85 | 351 | 33 | 11 | 671 | ||||||