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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
Finchley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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TABLE V—Dental Defects. Elementary Schools.
| (1) | Number of Children who were: | (7) | Administration of general anæsthetics for extractions | 791 | ||||
| Inspected by the Dentist:— | ||||||||
| Aged:— | ||||||||
| 5 214 | Total: | 3712 | ||||||
| 6 488 | ||||||||
| 7 391 | (8) | Extractions:— | ||||||
| 8 436 | ||||||||
| Routine 9 427 | On account of overcrowding | |||||||
| Age 10 420 | Permanent | 121 | ||||||
| Groups. 11 427 | On account of advanced decay | |||||||
| 12 276 | ||||||||
| 13 278 | ||||||||
| 14 355 | ||||||||
| Specials | 345 | Permanent | 360 | |||||
| GRAND TOTAL | 4057 | Temporary | 3468 | |||||
| (2) | Found to require treatment | 3205 | Total | 3828 | ||||
| (3) | Actually treated | 2219 | ||||||
| (4) | Half-days devoted to:— | |||||||
| Inspection | 56 | |||||||
| Treatment | 405 | |||||||
| Total | 461 | (9) | Other operations:— | |||||
| Dressings | 161 | |||||||
| (5) | Attendances made by children for treatment | 3700 | Application of Silver Nitrate | 88 | ||||
| Scalings | 78 | |||||||
| (6) | Fillings:— | Root treatment | 3 | |||||
| Permanent teeth | 3219 | Miscellaneous | — | |||||
| Temporary teeth | 782 | |||||||
| Total | 4001 | Total | 330 | |||||