London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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| 1. Number of children inspected by the Dentist:— | |||||||||||
| (a) Routine Age Groups. | |||||||||||
| Age | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total. |
| Number | 437 | 346 | 173 | 99 | 99 | 87 | 110 | 209 | 414 | 467 | 2441 |
(b) Specials 1,638
(c) Total (Routine and Specials) 4,079
2. Number found to require treatment 3,393
3. Number actually treated 3,273
4. Attendances made by children for treatment 5,174
5. Half-days devoted to:—
Inspection 23
Treatment 739 Total 762
6. Fillings:—
Permanent Teeth 3,553
Temporary Teeth 152 Total 3,705
7. Extractions:—
Permanent Teeth 1,324
Temporary Teeth 6,393 Total 7,717
8. Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions 198
9. Other operations:—
Permanent Teeth 753
Temporary Teeth 130 Total 883
TABLE VI.—UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS
CONDITIONS.
I. Average number of visits per school made during
the year by the School Nurses 11
II. Total number of examinations of children in the
Schools by School Nurses 45,229
III. Number of individual children found unclean 1,028
IV. Number of individual children cleansed under
tion 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921
V. Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921
(b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws 4