London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE IV.
DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
| (1) Number of children inspected by the Dental Surgeons: | |||
| (a) Routine age-groups | 17,031 | ||
| (b) Specials | 108 | ||
| (c) Total (Routine and Specials) | 17,139 | ||
| (2) Number found to require treatment | 8,035 | ||
| (3) Number actually treated | 4,816 | ||
| (4) Attendances made by children for treatment | 7,552 | ||
| (5) Half-days devoted to:— | |||
| Inspection | 106 | ||
| Treatment | 827 | ||
| _ | Total | 933 | |
| (6) Fillings:— | |||
| Permanent Teeth | 3,750 | ||
| Temporary Teeth | 26 | ||
| __ | Total | 3,776 | |
| (7) Extractions:— | |||
| Permanent Teeth | 806 | ||
| Temporary Teeth | 6,171 | ||
| Total | 6,977 | ||
| (8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 2,035 | ||
| (9) Other Operations :— | |||
| Permanent Teeth | 1,420 | ||
| Temporary Teeth | |||
| - | Total | 1,420 | |
TABLE V.
VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
| (1) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses or other authorised persons | 3 | |
| (2) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses or other authorised persons | 43,563 | |
| (3) Number of Individual children found unclean | 961 | |
| (4) Number of Individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 | None | |
| (5) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken :— | ||
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | None | |
| (b) Under School Attendance Byelaws | None | |