London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
This page requires JavaScript
Group III.- Tretment of defects of nose and throat.
NUMBER OF DEFECTS.
| Received Operative Treatment. | Received other forms of Treatment. | Total number treated. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital. | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
| (1) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | ||
| 3 | 22 | 376 | ... | 19 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 406 | 2 | ... | 454 |
(i) Tonsils only, (ii) Adenoids only, (iii) Tonsils and adenoids, (iv) Other defects
of the nose and throat.
GROUP IV.- orthopaedic and postural defects.
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential treatment with education. (i) | Residential treatment without education. (ii) | Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic. (iii) | Total number treated. | |
| Number of children treated | 24 | 16 | 314 | 328 |
TABLE V.-dental inspection and treatmemnt.
| (1) number of Children inspected by Dentist- | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Routine age-group: | ||||||||||||||
| Age | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 up. | Total. | |||
| Number | 1025 | 1733 | 2070 | 2046 | 1895 | 1633 | 1617 | 1778 | 1951 | 1999 | 17747 | |||
| (b) Specials | 2384 | |||||||||||||
| (c) Total (Routine and Specials) | 20131 | |||||||||||||
| (2) Number found to require treatment | 15882 | |||||||||||||
| (3) Number actually treated | 10404 | |||||||||||||
| (4) Attendances made by children for treatment | 19225 | |||||||||||||
| (5) Half-days devoted to: | (7) Extractions: | |||||||||||||
| Inspection | 108 | Permanent Teeth | 3019 | |||||||||||
| Treatment | 1551 | Temporary Teeth | 12025 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1659 | Total | 15044 | |||||||||||
| (8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 2640 | |||||||||||||
| Fillings: | (9) Other Operations: | |||||||||||||
| Permanent Teeth | 8603 | Permanent Teeth | 3940 | |||||||||||
| Temporary Teeth | 923 | Temporary Teeth | 121 | |||||||||||
| Total | 9526 | Total | 4061 | |||||||||||
TABLE VI.—Uncleanuness and Verminous Conditions.
(i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses 9.7
(ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses(primary) 59696
(subsequent) 2410
iii) Number of children found unclean 1511
(iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education
Authority 161
(v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken :
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 —
(b) Under School Attendance Byelaws ...