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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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D.— Treatment of Dental Defects.
1.
| Age Groups. | "Specials" | Total. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
| (a) Inspected by Dentist | 630 | 1063 | 1320 | 975 | 1011 | 652 | 29 | 19 | 28 | 21 | 2,247 | 8,004 |
| (b) Referred for Treatment | 4,425 | 2,212 | 6,637 | |||||||||
| (c) Actually Treated | 1,506 | 2,076 | 3,582 | |||||||||
| (d) Re-treated * (result of periodical examination) | 199 | 74 | 273 | |||||||||
| *It is understood that cases under this head are also included under (o) above. | ||||||||||||
810 children inspected during 1920 are not included in (a) and (b), but the
cases treated in connection with these inspections are included in (c) and (d).
2.
| No. of Half Days devoted to Inspection | No. of Half Days devoted to Treatment. | Total No. of Attendances made by the Children at the Clinic. | No. of Permanent Teeth. | No. of Temporary Teeth. | Total No. of Fillings. | No. of Administrations ofGeneral Antrathetics included in (4) and (6). | No. of other Operations. | Herniation Cases | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extracted | Filled. | Extracted | Filled. | Permanent Teeth. | Temporary Teeth. | No, of Cases. | No. of Attendances. | Cases Finished. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) |
| 28 | 378 | 5,110 | 1,642 | 463 | 8,862 | 474 | 937 | 1,175 | 385 | 105 | 14 | *65 | 4 |
| * This Figure is included in column 3. | |||||||||||||