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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 1928
[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 1928.
| 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 |
| 1928 | 35.5 | 44.0 | 64.5 | 49.3 |
(j) Crippling Defects.— At the end of the year there were
49 children classified as suffering from some form of crippling.
Five of these children were so defective that they had to be maintained
at Special Residential Schools, and 44 were able to attend
public elementary schools. There were no crippled children who
were not attending any school.
The list of crippled children represents practically all with
whom we have to deal in connection with our public elementary
schools. Crippled children are discovered through the headteachers,
school enquiry officers, school nurses and particularly
through the Health Centres which the children attend before they
reach school age. The Orthopaedic Scheme which applies to
children under 5 years of age as well as school children has proved
a valuable means of obtaining information regarding crippled
children newly admitted to school.