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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

Croydon 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table XVII.Summary of all Examinations.

Table XVII.Summary of all Examinations.

Age.Sex1932.1931.
No. Examined.No. Referred for Treatment.% Teeth Sound.No. ExaminedNo. Referred for Treatment% Teeth Sound
5 yearsb75751432.161041732.0
G67447030.246136621.0
6 ,,b101574926.2122188427.0
G101677423.8110577730.0
7 „B96671326.1125787730.0
G104274828.2113781129.0
8 ,,B107877827.8135894830.0
G96270526.7117686626.0
9 „B126090528.1142198431.0
G95669127.71446104827.0
10 ,,b128187731.51567108731.0
G103573429.01600106433.0
11 ,,B119981132.41512104231.0
G121369742.5144294335.0
12 ,,B107070933 790160633.0
G112870937.191661733.0
13 „B65244731.469844536.0
G70242140.070846934.0
14 ,,B31421033.141427633.0
G40824839.243227836.0
15 ,,b1278929.919013032.0
G1227439.31599342.0
Total Boys9719680230.011149769631.0
Total Girls9258627132.210582733231.0

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This summary shows that up to the 11-year-old group there is
very little difference in the percentages of boys and girls with
sound teeth, but from the 11-year-old group upwards more girls
have healthy teeth than boys. Probably the boys are not so
amenable to their parents' advice on oral hygiene, while the girls
have reached that age when they are conscious of the effect of
sound teeth upon personal appearance.
There is an improvement in the dental condition of the five-
year-old group, particularly the girls.
Treatment.
The parents of the 14,837 children found at inspections to
require treatment were notified, and advised to obtain treatment