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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
Ealing 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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In the next table will be found the percentages of sound teeth in the various groups since 1915.
Dental Inspection, 1915 to 1927.
| Year | Entrants | Intermediates | Leavers | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage with sound Teeth | Percentage with sound Teeth | Percentage with sound Teeth | Percentage with sound Teeth | |
| 1915 ...... | 23.0 | 26.2 | 35.7 | 27.0 |
| 1916 ...... | 15.6 | 30.2 | 37.2 | 25.3 |
| 1917 ...... | 21.7 | 25.9 | 41.1 | 28.8 |
| 1918 ...... | 28.8 | 25.8 | 44.1 | 32.8 |
| 1919 ...... | 36.9 | 32.2 | 60.6 | 42.7 |
| 1920 ...... | 48.6 | 46.4 | 64.2 | 53.1 |
| 1921 ...... | 58.4 | 64.0 | 76.5 | 66.6 |
| 1922 ...... | 45.7 | 50.2 | 72.8 | 56.3 |
| 1923 ...... | 55.2 | 52.5 | 80.5 | 63.9 |
| 1924 ...... | 55.0 | 58.5 | 78.0 | 65.0 |
| 1925 ...... | 47.8 | 44.3 | 74.0 | 53.4 |
| 1926 ...... | 35.5 | 39.0 | 64.2 | 43.8 |
| 1927 ...... | 41.6 | 46.5 | 70.8 | 53.3 |
(j) Crippling Defects.—At the end of the year there were
56 children classified as suffering from some form of crippling.
Three of these children were so defective that they had to be sent
to Special Residential Schools and 53 were able to attend public
elementary schools. There were no crippled children not attending
school.
The list of crippled children represents fairly accurately all
those in attendance at, or who would, if they were normal, attend,
a public elementary school. Crippled children are ascertained
through the head-teachers, school enquiry officers, school nurses
and particularly through the Health Centres which the children
attend until they reach five years of age and enter school. Since
the scheme of orthopaedic treatment has been made to apply to
children under 5 years of age the Health Centres have proved to
be most important sources of information regarding crippled children
newly admitted to school.