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 Acton]
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Table V.— Dental Inspection and Treatment.
(1) Number of children who were:— | (4) Attendances made by children for treatment | 5355 | |||
(a) Inspected by the Dentist: | (5) Half-days devoted to: | ||||
Inspection | 45 | ||||
Aged: | Treatment | 530 | |||
Routine Age Groups. | 5 | 786 | Total | 575 | |
6 | 710 | ||||
7 | 671 | ||||
8 | 658 | (6) Fillings: | |||
9 | 654 | Permanent Teeeth | 2529 | ||
10 | 688 | Temporary Teeth | 73 | ||
11 | 664 | Total | 2602 | ||
12 | 460 | ||||
13 | 620 | ||||
14 | 190 | (7) Extractions: | |||
Total | 6101 | Permanent Teeth | 1036 | ||
Temporary Teeth | 5232 | ||||
(b)Specials | 491 | Total | 6268 | ||
(c) Grand Total | 6592 | (8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 2501 | ||
(2) Number found to require treatment | 4697 | (9) Other Operations: | |||
Permanent Teeth | 453 | ||||
Temporary Teeth | 68 | ||||
(3) Number actually treated | 3517 | Total | 521 |
Table VI.— Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 11 |
Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 19501 |
Number of individual children found unclean:— | |
Vermin and Nits | 66 |
Slightly infested | 411 |
Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 | 7 |
Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | |
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | - |
(b)Under School Attendance Byelaws | — |