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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
Edmonton 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Number of children | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referred for treatment | Received operative treatment. | Received other forms of treatment. | Not treated. | ||
| 129 orders for operations given out. | Under Local Education Authority's Scheme-Clinic or Hospital. | By private Practitioner or Hospital. | Total operations. | ||
| 343 | 100 (all at hospital) | 6 | 106 | 45 Hospital 68 Clinic 113 | 124 |
1. Number of children dealt with From April 21st, 1920.
| Age Groups. | "Specials." | Total. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
| (a) Inspected by Dentist. | — | 616 | 673 | 669 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 476 | 2434 |
| (b) Referred for treatment. | 1557 | 476 | 2033 | |||||||||
| (c) Actually treated. | 866 | 476 | I342 | |||||||||
| (d) Re-treated (result of periodical inspection). | Nil | Nil | Nil | |||||||||
2. Particulars of time given and of operations undertaken.
| Number of half days devoted to inspection. | Number of half days devoted to treatment. | Total number of attendances made by the children at the Clinic. | Number of permanent teeth. | Number of temporary teeth. | Total number of fillings. | Number of administrations of General Anaesthetics included in (4) and (6). | Number of other operations. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extracted | Filled. | Extracted. | Filled. | Permanent teeth. | Temporary teeth. | |||||
| 48 | 278 | 2085 | 153 | 408 | 1790 | 1174 | 1582 | Nil | 92 | 50 |