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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

Erith 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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Table: 2. Particulars of Time given and of Operations undertaken.

2. Particulars of Time given and of Operations undertaken.

1 Number of half-days devoted to inspection9
2 Number of half days devoted to treatment70
3 Total number of attendances made by the children at the Clinic1478
4 Number of permanent teeth extracted322
5 Number of permanent teeth filled199
6 Number of temporary teeth extracted2295
7 Number of temporary teeth tilled2
8 Total number of fillings201
9 Number of Administrations of General Anæsthetics included in (4) and (6)1033
10 Number of other operations Permanent Teeth77

Table: TABLE V.Summary of Treatment of Defects as shown in Table IV. (A, B, C, and D )Number of Children treated under Local Education Authority's Scheme.

TABLE V.

Summary of Treatment of Defects as shown in Table IV. (A, B, C, and D )

Number of Children treated under Local Education Authority's Scheme.

Disease or Defect—
Minor Ailments545
Visual Defects281
Defects of Nose and Throat74
Dental Defects1282
Total •2182

Table: TABLE VI.Summary relating to Children Medically Inspected at the Routine Inspections during the Year 1921.

TABLE VI.

Summary relating to Children Medically Inspected at the Routine Inspections during the Year 1921.

1 The total number of children medically inspected at the routine inspections2306
2 The number of children in (1) suffering from—
Malnutrition—
Skin Disease3
Defective Vision (including Squint)217
Eye Disease7
Defective Hearing3
Ear Disease8
Nose and Throat Disease365
Enlarged Cervical Glands (non-tubercular)67
Defective Speech1
Dental Disease1005
Heart Disease—Organic39
Functional—
Anaemia4
Lung Disease (non-tubercular)23