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1927
21
TABLE II.
Fillings:—
Permanent Teeth 29
Temporary Teeth 144
Total 173
Extractions:—
Permanent Teeth 170
Temporary Teeth 328
Total 498
Administration of Nitrous Oxide 158
Scalings 4
Dentures 5
DAY NURSERY.
The Day Nursery is situated in Bollo Bridge Road. The
Nursery is open daily except on Saturday and School holidays.
The charges for admission are 9d. a day for one child
and 8d. a day each for two or more children of one family.
Last year the nursery was open on 209 days, and 3,951
whole-day and 63 half-day attendances were made.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Scarlet Fever.
137 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified, and there was
one death from the disease, a child of 5 months who was nursed
at home.
The age-incidence and ward-distribution of the disease are
given on Table 5.
Diphtheria.
69 cases of Diphtheria were notified and there was one
death from the disease.
Although the number of cases was higher there was only
one death, compared with 2 in 1926. During the autumn, there
was an increased incidence of the disease in East Acton. At the
start, the disease was limited to children attending the East
Acton School, but later cases occurred amongst pupils of Acton
Wells School. The Acton Wells pupils, among whom Diphtheria