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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Table: TABLE IV—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.

TABLE IV—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.

(1) Number of pupils inspected by the Authority's Dental Officers:-
(a) Periodic age groups19,410
(b) Specials1,201
(c) Total (Periodic and Specials)20,611
(2) Number found to require treatment8,555
(3) Number actually treated6,105
(4) Attendances made by pupils for treatment11,254
(5) Half-days devoted to:—
(a) Inspection124
(b) Treatment1,128
Total (a) and (b)1,253
(6) Fillings:—
Permanent Teeth4,830
Temporary Teeth866
Total5,696
(7) Extractions:—
Permanent Teeth1,499
Temporary Teeth4,489
Total5,988
(8) Administration of General Anaesthetics for extraction1,693
(9) Other Operations
(a) Permanent Teeth4,231
(b) Temporary Teeth—
Total (a) and (b)5,924

Table: TABLE V. INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.

TABLE V. INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.

(1) Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons45,274
(2) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested887
(3) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944)41
(4) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act, 1944)2