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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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TABLE V—Dental Defects. Secondary Schools
| (1) Number of Children who were: (a) Inspected by the Dentist:— Aged:— | (7) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 1 | ||||
| 11 | 90 | |||||
| 12 | 167 | (8) Extractions:— | ||||
| 13 | 222 | |||||
| 14 | 190 | On account of overcrowding | ||||
| Routine 15 | 197 Total: 1095 | |||||
| Age 16 | 158 | (a) Permanent On account of advanced decay | 53 | |||
| Groups. 17 | 55 | |||||
| 18 | 11 | |||||
| 19 | 5 | |||||
| (b) Specials | — | (b) Permanent | 74 | |||
| GRAND TOTAL | 1095 | (c) Temporary | 77 | |||
| Total | 204 | |||||
| (2) Found to require treatment | 810 | |||||
| (3) Actually treated | 457 | |||||
| (4) Half-days devoted to:— | ||||||
| Inspection | 14 | (9) Other operations:— | ||||
| Treatment | 120 | |||||
| (a) Dressings | 49 | |||||
| Total | 134 | |||||
| (b) Application of Silver Nitrate | 3 | |||||
| (5) Attendances made by children for treatment | 764 | |||||
| (c) Scalings | 43 | |||||
| (6) Fillings:— | ||||||
| Permanent teeth | 1360 | (d) Root treatment | 4 | |||
| Temporary teeth | 2 | |||||
| Total | 1362 | Total | 99 | |||
Table VI—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
(1) Average number of visits per school made during
the year by the School Nurses 61
(2) Total number of examinations of children in the
Schools by the School Nurses 16577
(3) Number of individual children found unclean 179
(4) Number of children cleansed under arrangements
made by the Local Education Authority —
(5) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were
taken:—
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 —
(b) Under School Attendance Bye-Laws—
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