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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE IV.—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
| (1) Number of Pupils inspected by the Authority's Dental Officers : | ||
| 20,677 | ||
| (6) Specials | 1,601 | |
| 22,278 | ||
| (2) Number found to require treatment | 9,014 | |
| (3) Number actually treated | 6,771 | |
| (4) Attendances made by pupils for treatment | 12,154 | |
| (5) Half-days devoted to: | ||
| 135½ | ||
| (b) Treatment | 1,145 | |
| Total (a) and (b) | 1,280½ | |
| (6) Fillings: | ||
| Permanent Teeth | 3,746 | |
| Temporary Teeth | 952 | |
| Total | 4,698 | |
| (7) Extractions: | ||
| Permanent Teeth | 1,085 | |
| Temporary Teeth | 6,629 | |
| Total | 7,714 | |
| (8) Administration of general anaesthetics for extraction | 2,667 | |
| (9) Other Operations: | ||
| 4,850 | ||
| (&) Temporary Teeth | 13 | |
| Totals (a) and (b) | 4,863 | |
TABLE V. INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.
| (1) Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons | 48,488 |
| (2) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 768 |
| (3) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2) Education Act, 1944) | — |
| (4) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3) Education Act, 1944) | — |