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Bexley 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Chief Sanitary Inspector's Report—
Tables of Inspections and Improvements, etc. 36—38
Food Inspection 38
Tables—Factories Act, 1937 39
Shops Acts, 1912—1936 40
Swimming Pool 40
Eradication of Bed Bugs 41
Camping Sites 41
Schools 41
HOUSING.
Council Estates 41—42
Inspection of Dwelling Houses 42
Remedy of Defects without formal notice 42
Action under Statutory Powers 42—43
Overcrowding—Housing Act, 1936, Part IV 43—44
Public Health Act, 1936—Provision of Dust Bins 44
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk Supply 44
Meat Inspection 44
Adulteration of Food—Food & Drugs Act 45
Registration of Premises 45
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASE.
Scarlet Fever 45
Diphtheria 45
Diphtheria Immunisation 46
Enteric Fever 46
Puerperal Pyrexia 47
Ophthalmia Neanatorum 47
Measles 47
Whooping Cough 47—48
Dysentery 48
Cerebro-spinal Fever 48
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TABLE IV.

Dental Inspection and Treatment.

(1)Number of pupils inspected by the Authority's Dental Officers—
(a) Periodic age groups7,407
(b) Specials782
Total (Periodic and Specials)8,189
(2)Number found to require treatment5,369
(3)Number actually treated2,768
(4)Attendances made by pupils for treatment6,029
(5)Half-days devoted to (a) Inspection45
(b) Treatment854
Total (a) and (b)899
(6)Fillings : Permanent Teeth1,616
Temporary Teeth532
Total2,148
(7)Extractions : Permanent Teeth460
Temporary Teeth3,387
Total3,847
(8)Administration of general anaesthetics for extraction359
(9)Other Operations (a) Permanent Teeth1,050
(as above) (b) Temporary Teeth934
Total (a) and (b)1,984
Scalings431,984
Cleaning213
Polishing211
Dressings
Permanent Teeth550
Temporary Teeth934
Root dressings33