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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

Hornsey 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE IV.—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.(1) Number of children Inspected by the Dentist: —(a) Routine age-groups :

TABLE IV.—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.

(1) Number of children Inspected by the Dentist: —

(a) Routine age-groups :

AGE56789101112131415TOTAL
Number120247221203231242194109145128121,972
(b) Specials588
(c) Total (Routine and Specials)2,560
(2) Number found to require treatment2,427
(3) Number actually treated1,475
(4) Attendances made by children for treatment2,816
(51 Half-days devoted to:—(7) Extractions:—
Inspection25Permanent teeth245
Treatment462Temporary teeth1,906
Total487Total2,151
(8) Administrations of genera anaesthetics for extractions591
(6) Fillings*:—(9) Other operations:—
Permanent teeth3,094Permanent teeth481
Temporary Teeth169Temporary teeth1,769
Total3,263Total2,250
* Temporary fillings, whether in permanent or temporary teeth, should be recorded as other operations.

Table: TABLE V.—VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.

TABLE V.—VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.

(i.) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses56
(ii.) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses25,053
(iii.) Number of individual children found unclean185
(iv.) Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921185
(v.) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:—
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921-
(b) Under School Attendance Byelaws-