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
Finchley 1936
[Report of the School Medical Officer for Finchley]
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| Elementary Schools. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Number of Children who were: | (7) Administration of general anaesthetics for extractions | 743 | |||||
| (a) Inspected by the Dentist:— | |||||||
| Aged:— | |||||||
| 5 | 250 | ||||||
| 6 | 363 | ||||||
| 7 | 361 | (8) Extractions:— On account of overcrowding | |||||
| 8 | 374 | ||||||
| Routine 9 | 368 Total: 3062 | ||||||
| Age 10 | 432 | (a) Permanent On account of advanced decay | 89 | ||||
| Groups. 11 | 274 | ||||||
| 12 | 259 | ||||||
| 13 | 249 | ||||||
| 14 | 132 | ||||||
| (b) Permanent | 378 | ||||||
| (b) Specials | 491 | ||||||
| GRAND TOTAL | 3553 | (c) Temporary | 2927 | ||||
| (2) Found to require treatment | 2893 | Total 3394 | |||||
| (3) Actually treated | 1818 | ||||||
| (4) Half-days devoted to:— | |||||||
| Inspection | 44 | ||||||
| Treatment | 381 | ||||||
| Total | 425 | (9) Other operations:— | |||||
| (a) Dressings | 137 | ||||||
| (5) Attendances made by children for treatment | 3359 | (b) Application of Silver Nitrate | 124 | ||||
| (c) Scalings | 50 | ||||||
| (6) Fillings:— | (d) Root treatment | 3 | |||||
| Permanent teeth | 3064 | (e) Miscellaneous | 10 | ||||
| Temporary teeth | 567 | ||||||
| Total | 3631 | Total | 324 | ||||