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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: TABLE IV.Dental Inspection and Treatment.

TABLE IV.

Dental Inspection and Treatment.

(1)Number of pupils inspected by the Authority's Dental Officers—
(a) Periodic age groups5,438
(b) Specials746
(c) TOTAL (Periodic and Specials)6,184
(2)Number found to require treatment3,366
(3)Number actually treated2,548
(4)Attendances made by pupils for treatment10,511
(5)Half-days devoted to: (a) Inspection33
(b) Treatment966
Total (a) and (b)999
(6)Fillings: Permanent Teeth3,715
Temporary Teeth1,282
Total4,997
(7)Extractions: Permanent T eeth1,669
Temporary Teeth5,100
Total6,769
(8)Administration of general anaesthetics for extraction3,089
(9)Other Operations: (a) Permanent Teeth2,851
(b) Temporary Teeth22
Total (a) and (b)2,873

Table: TABLE V.Infestation with Vermin.

TABLE V.

Infestation with Vermin.

(i)Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons14,280
(ii)Total number of individual pupils found to be infested460
(iii)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944)39
(iv)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act, 1944)-