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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
Enfield 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The results of the Dental Inspection of Secondary School children are given in the following table:—
| School. | Number In spected. | Found to require Treatment. | Percentage of those Inspected requiring Treatment. | Half-days devoted to Inspection. | Number of Permanent Teeth. | Total number of decayed Permanent Teeth. | Number per Child Inspected. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decayed. Saveable. | Number per Child Inspected. | Decayed. Unsaveable. | Number per Child Inspected. | |||||||
| County School | 436 | 283 | 64.9 | 5 | 462 | 1.05 | 71 | .16 | 533 | 1.2 |
| Grammar School | 473 | 385 | 81.3 | 5 | 1,140 | 2.41 | 148 | .31 | 1,288 | 2.7 |
| Technical School | 173 | 158 | 91.3 | 2 | 554 | 3.2 | 89 | .51 | 643 | 3.7 |
| Totals | 1,082 | 826 | 76.3 | 12 | 2,156 | 1.9 | 308 | .28 | 2,464 | 2.2 |