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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
Acton 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE IV.—
Group IV.— Dental Defects.
| 1)Number of Children who were :— | (2) Half-days devoted to:— | |
| (a) Inspected by the Dentist: | Inspection | 36 |
| Treatment | 421 | |
| Aged: | Total | 477 |
| 5— 673 | ||
| 6— 818 | (3) Attendances made by children for treatment | 3822 |
| 7— 768 | ||
| 8— 891 | ||
| 9— 976 | (4) Fillings:— | |
| Coutine Age Group 10—974 | Permanent teeth | 1703 |
| 11—1029 | Temporary teeth | 59 |
| 12— 963 | Total | 1762 |
| 13— 610 | ||
| 14— 193 | (5) Extractions:— | |
| Total 7895 | Permanent teeth | 770 |
| Specials 366 | Temporary teeth | 4018 |
| Grand Total 8261 | Total | 4788 |
| (b) Found to require treatment 5036 | (6) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 2178 |
| (7) Other operations:— | ||
| Actually treated 2811 | Permanent teeth | 136 |
| Temporary teeth | 133 | |
| Total | 269 |
Group V.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
Average number of visits per school made during the year by the
School Nurses 12
Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School
Nurses 18301
Number of individual children found unclean :—
Vermin and Nits86
Slightly infested 597
Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local
Education Authority 2
Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:—
(a) Unnder the Education Act, 1921. —
(b) Under School Attendance Byelaws —