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Croydon 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
Under the
Authority's Scheme
Received Operative Treatment 783
Received other forms of Treatment
Total number treated 783
TABLE IV—Dental Inspection and Treatment.
(1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist-
(a) Routine age-groups 15735
(b) Specials 1574
(c) TOTAL (Routine and Specials) 17309
(2) Number found to require treatment 11269
(3) Number actually treated 6706
(4) Attendances made by children for treatment 16017
(5) Half-days devoted to:
(7) Extractions:
Inspection 138 Permanent Teeth 1491
Treatment 1616 Temporary Teeth 8474
Total 1754 Total 9965
(8) Administrations of general
anaesthetics for extractions 3133
(6) Fillings: (9) Other Operations:
Permanent Teeth 5674 Permanent Teeth 6117
Temporary Teeth 2838 Temporary Teeth 2444
Total 8512 Total 8561
TABLE V—Verminous Conditions.
(i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses
or other authorised persons 9
(ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses or other
authorised persons 50198
(iii) Number of individual children found unclean 1223
TABLE VI—Blind and Deaf Children.
Number of totally or almost totally blind and deaf children who
are not at the present time receiving education suitable for their special
needs. The return should relate to all such children including evacuees
resident in the Authority's area.
1.
At a Public
Elementary School
2.
At an institution
other than a
Special School
3.
At no School
or Institution
Blind Children
Nil
Nil
Nil
Deaf Children
Nil
Nil
Nil