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 inspected by the Dentist: | (4) | Attendances made by children for treatment | 2666 | ||
Age: | 5— 453 | (5) | Half-days devoted to: Inspection | 25 | ||
(a) Routine age-groups | 6— 496 | Treatment | 447 | |||
7— 482 | Total | 472 | ||||
8— 422 | ||||||
9— 408 | ||||||
10— 370 | (6) | Fillings: Permanent Teeth Temporary Teeth | ||||
11— 339 | 1229 | |||||
12— 301 | 99 | |||||
13— 311 | _ | |||||
14— 36 | Total | 1328 | ||||
3618 | (7) | Extractions: Permanent Teeth | 500 | |||
344 | Temporary Teeth | 2850 | ||||
3962 | Total | 3350 | ||||
(8) | Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 1309 | ||||
(9) | Other Operations: | |||||
(2) | Number found to require treatment | 2817 | Permanent Teeth | 101 | ||
Temporary Teeth | 73 | |||||
(3) | Number actually treated | 1818 | Total | 174 |
Table VI.— Unc lean lin ess and Verminous Conditions.
Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 6 |
Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 14863 |
Number of individual children found unclean:— | |
Vermin and Nits | 89 |
Slightly infested | 424 |
Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 | |
Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken : | - |
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | - |