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Beckenham 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
Under the Authority's Scheme.
Residential Residential Non-residential
treatment treatment treatment at an
with without Orthopaedic Total
education education Clinic
6 — 310 310
V.—Dental Inspection and Treatment.
(1) Number of Children who were
inspected:—
(4) Attendances made by child
ren for treatment
3538
(a) Routine
Age
Groups
Aged:
Total
4013
(5) Half-days devoted to:—
454
5 ... 275
Inspection 45
6 ... 305
Treatment 409
7 ... 340
8 ... 481
(6) Fillings:—
9 ... 509
10 ... 519
Permanent teeth 2732
11 ... 515
Temporary teeth 670
3402
12 ... 448
13 ... 388
(7) Extractions:—
Permanent teeth 603
2882
V14 ... 233
(b) Specials
200
Temporary teeth 2279
(c) Grand Total
4213
(8) Administrations of general
anaesthetics for extractions
752
(2) Found to require treatment
2934
(9) Other operations:—
Permanent teeth 420
(3) Actually treated
2340
Temporary teeth 865
1285
VI.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions
(i.) Average number of visits per school made during
the year by the School Nurses 7
(ii.) Total number of examinations of children in the
Schools by School Nurses 8,184
(iii.) Number of individual children found unclean 62
(iv.) Number of individual children cleansed under
Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act,
1921 Nil
(v.) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were
taken:—
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 Nil
(b) Under School Attendance Byelaws Nil
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