London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Barking 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TABLE V.—
| (7) Extractions:— | |
| Permanent teeth | 1,559 |
| Temporary teeth | 8,443 |
| Total | 10,002 |
| (8) Administration of general anaesthetics for extractions | 3,844 |
| (9) Other Operations:— | |
| Permanent teeth | 4,744 |
| Temporary teeth | |
| Total | 8,588 |
TABLE VI.
UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS
CONDITIONS.
| (i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 3 |
| (ii) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by School Nurses | 39,521 |
| (iii) Number of individual children found unclean | 1,008 |
| (iv) Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 | 4 |
| (v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | 7 |
| (b) Under School Attendance Byelaws | — |