Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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D.—Treatment of Dental Defect. I.
Inspected by dentist. | Referred for treatment | Treated under scheme. | Re-treated under scheme. | Otherwise treated. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
By dentist. | By school doctor. | ||||||||||
192,730 | 137,487 | 60,550 | 84,848 | 16,859 | 5,858 | ||||||
II. | |||||||||||
Particulars of time given and operations undertaken. | |||||||||||
Half-days given by dentist to inspection. | Half-days given by dentist to treatment. | Attendances made by children. | Teeth extracted. | Fillings. | Other operations. | General anaesthetics | |||||
Temporary. | Permanent. | Temporary. | Permanent. | ||||||||
1,741 | 13,420 | 139,798 | 235,501 | 40,730 | 21,059 | 57,770 | 18,670 | 41,899* |
* Made up as follows:—Nitrous-oxide, 25,340; ethyl chloride, 12,767; other, 3,792.
TABLE V. Summary of Treatment of Defects as shown in Table IV.
Class of defect. | Referred for treatment. | Number of children treated. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Under scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | ||
Minor ailments | 15,525 | 71,478 | 2,989 | 74,467 |
Visual defects | 23,881 | 32,752 | 1,871 | 34,623 |
Nose and throat defects | 13,001 | 8,720 | 1,805 | 10,525 |
Dental defects | 198,037 | 84,848 | 5,858 | 90,706 |
Other defects | 14,757 | 1,612 | 6,042 | 7,654 |
Total | 265,201 | 199,410 | 18,565 | 217,975 |
TABLE VI. Summary relating to Children Medically Inspected at the Routine Inspections during the year 1922.
(1) Total number of children examined at routine inspections | 242,145 | ||
(2) Number suffering from— | |||
Malnutrition | 1,427 | Heart disease, organic | 320 |
Skin disease | 3,210 | ,, functional | 631 |
Defective vision and squint | 87,966 | „ not defined | 5,983 |
Eye disease | 3,508 | Lung disease (not stated to be Tb.) | *7,808 |
Defective hearing | 2,027 | ||
Ear disease | 5,036 | Pulmonary tuberculosis, definite | 89 |
Nose and throat defects | 29,221 | „ „ suspected | 151 |
Enlarged cervical glands | 10,616 | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis | 373 |
Defective speech | 1,182 | Nervous diseases | 2,236 |
Dental disease | 95,365 | Deformities and rickets | 7,838 |
Anæmia | 7,251 | Other defects and diseases | 6,192 |
(3) Number of children in (1) noted for observation (not including clothing or cleanliness) | 19,068 | ||
(4) Number of children in (1) referred for treatment (not including clothing or cleanliness) | 90,903 | ||
(5) Number of children in (1) reported at reinspection to have received treatment for one or more defects | †9,424 |
* Probably some cases of suspected phthisis are included in this number.
† Only cases examined in the first term of the year are re-inspected in the same year.