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Finchley 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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26 children were re-inspected, and of these 13 received
treatment.
499 Special Cases were seen by the Dentist at the request
of parents or teachers, and 422 of these were treated.

The work carried out by the Dentist during the year is. set out in the following table:—

19321933
Number of children inspected and re-inspected43834462
Number of children treated21551908
Number of attendances at Dental Clinic32812879
Number of fillings16901301
Number of extractions27271884
Number of other operations8411059
Number of general anaesthetics590504

The following table shows the percentage of the children in each school who were found to require treatment, the percentage of these children requiring treatment who actually received treatment at the Dental Clinic, and the percentage stated to be receiving private treatment.

(1) School.(2) Percentage of children requiring treatment.(3) Percentage of those in (2) who received treatment at the Dental Clinic.(4) Percentage of those in (2) stated to be receiving private treatment.
Manorside62.7963.9210.24
St. Mary's62.2471.328.91
The Martin62.2182.2614.34
St. John's65.1563.016.0
Northside58.5061.5811.08
Holy Trinity63.9552.667.98
Christ Church71.0731.588.78
The Alder58.9051.728.28
Our Lady of Lourdes63.065.087.14