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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 1937
[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 | — |