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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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GROUP IV.—ORTHOPEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS
| (a) Number treated as in-patients in hospitals or hospital schools | 8 |
| (b) Number treated otherwise, e.g., in clinics or out-patient departments | 545 |
GROUP V.—CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT AND SPEECH THERAPY
| Number of pupils (a) under Child Guidance arrangements | 134 |
| (b) under Speech Therapy arrangements | 169 |
Table IV.
DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.*
| (1) Number of pupils inspected by the Authority's Dental Officers — | |
| (a) Periodic Age Groups | 4.562 |
| (b) Specials | 1,749 |
| (c) Total (Periodic and Specials) | 6,311 |
| (2) Number found to require treatment | 4,404 |
| (3) Number actually treated | 4,467 |
| (4) Attendance made by pupils for treatment | 10,291 |
| (5) Half-days devoted to:— | |
| (a) Inspection | 29 |
| (b) Treatment | 1,293 |
| Total (a) and (b) | 1,322 |
| (6) Fillings:— | |
| Permanent Teeth | 4,188 |
| Temporary Teeth | 173 |
| Total | 4,361 |
| (7) Extractions:— | |
| Permanent Teeth | 990 |
| Temporary Teeth | 4,664 |
| Total | 5,654 |
| (8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 3,096 |
| (9) Other Operations:— | |
| (a) Permanent Teeth | 1,128 |
| (b) Temporary Teeth | 8,780 |
| Total (a) and (b) | 9,908 |
* For the present the Ministry are not asking for information regarding treatment carried
out apart from the Authority's Scheme
Table V.
INFESTATION WITH VERMIN
Notes — A statement as to the arrangements made by the Local Education Authority for the
examination and cleansing of infested pupils should appear in the body of the School Medical
Officer s Report.
AH cases of infestation, however slight, should be recorded.
Table V.
INFESTATION WITH VERMIN
Notes — A statement as to the arrangements made by the Local Education Authority for the examination and cleansing of infested pupils should appear in the body of the School Medical Officer s Report.
| All cases of infestation, however slight, should be recorded. | ||
| The return should relate to individual pupils and not to instances of infestation. | ||
| 1. | Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons | 48,675 |
| 2. | Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 556 |
| 3 | Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944) | 556 |
| 4 | Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act, 1944) | 237 |