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Finchley 1935
[Report of the School Medical Officer for Finchley]
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of treatments are also held over into January of next year
the percentage rate of acceptance appears to be lower in
the elementary school's tables than it proves to be in practice.
The reason for the hold-over of patients is to ensure
having cases to treat during the School Christmas Holiday,
and as the group held in reserve at the beginning of the
year is drawn from a different school to that which should
offset it at the end of the year, it is not possible to tabulate
under schools the correct percentage of attendance in any
arbitrary year.
Two children were re-inspected, and both received treatment.
531 Special Cases were seen by the Dentist at the request
of parents or teachers and 495 of these were treated.
The work carried out for Elementary School Children
by the Dentist during the year is set out in the following table : —
| 1934 | 1935 | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of children inspected and re-inspected | 3889 | 1949 |
| Number of children treated | 2089 | 1308 |
| Number of attendances at Dental Clinic | 3650 | 2569 |
| Number of fillings | 3331 | 2256 |
| Number of extractions | 3958 | 2985 |
| Number of other operations | I98 | 147 |
| Number of general anaesthetics | 789 | 626 |
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dental Treatment | 100 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 0 |
| Operative Treatment of Tonsils and Adenoids | 7 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Treatment of Minor Ailments | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| £112 | 1 | 0 | £72 | 4 | 3 |