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
Erith 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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(ii) Found to require treatment 1525
(iii) Actually treated 1278
(2) Half-days devoted to:—
Inspection 8
Treatment 184
192
(3) Attendances made by children for treatment 219f>
(4«) Filling's:—
Permanent teeth 1093
Temporary teeth 4
1097
(5) Extractions:—
Permanent teeth 304
Temporary teeth 1638
1942
(6') Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions 985
(?) Other operations:
Permanent teeth 134
Temporary teeth
134
GROUP VI.—UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS
CONDITIONS.
(1) Average number of visits per school made during the year
by the School Nurses 5.7
(2) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools
by School Nurses 15,830
(3) Number of individual children found unclean 140
(4) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made
by the Local Education Authority 0
(5) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:—
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 0
(b) Under School Attendance Byelaws 0