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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
Hendon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE IV.—continued.
GROUP IV.— ORTHOPEDIC AND IPOSTURAL DEFECTS.
| Under the Authority's Scheme (1) | Otherwise (2) | Total number treated | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential treatment with education | Residential treatment without education | Non-Residential treatment at an orthopsedic clinic | Residential treatment with education | Residential treatment without education | Non-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic | ||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | ||
| Number ot children treated. | IO | Nil | 380 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 380 |
GROUP V.—DENTAL DEFECTS.
| (1) Number of Children who were : — | (2) | Half-days devoted to: | ||||
| (a) Inspected by the Dentist: | Inspection | 85 | ||||
| Treatment | 582 | |||||
| Routine Age Groups : — | ||||||
| Aged 5 | 997 | Total | 667 | |||
| „ 6 | ... | 854 | (3) | Attendances made by children for treatment | ||
| „ 7 | ... | 1033 | 6140 | |||
| „ 8 | ... | 864 | (4) | Fillings: — | ||
| ,, 9 | ... | 859 | Permanent teeth | 1504 | ||
| „ 10 | ... | 903 | Temporary teeth | 259 | ||
| ,, 11 | ... | 869 | Total | '763 | ||
| „ 12 | ... | 914 | (5) | Extractions:— | ||
| „ 13 | ... | 726 | Permanent teeth | 1126 | ||
| ,, 14 | ... | 59 | Temporary teeth | 5506 | ||
| 8J78 | Total | 6632 | ||||
| Specials | 14118 | (6) | Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 2145 | ||
| Grand Total | 9486 | |||||
| 4470 | (7) | Other operations: — | ||||
| Permanent teeth | ||||||
| 3069 | Temporary teeth ) Total | 253 | ||||
GROUP VI. — UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
| (i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 20.78 |
| (ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 35,785 |
| (iii) Number of individual children found unclean | 835 |
| (iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | 4 |
| (v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | Nil. |
| (b) Under School Attendance Byelaws | Nil. |