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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
| (1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist:— | (5) Half-days devoted to:— Inspection | 101 | ||
| (a) Routine age groups:— | Treatment | 891 | ||
| Aged 5 | 1479 | Total | 992 | |
| „ 6 | 1093 | |||
| „ 7 | 1145 | (6) Fillings: — | ||
| 8 | 1124 | Permanent Teeth | 3881 | |
| „ 9 | 1416 | Temporary Teeth | 689 | |
| „ 10 | 1406 | |||
| „ 11 | 1191 | Total | 4570 | |
| 12 | 1199 | |||
| „ 13 | 1285 | (7) Extractions:— | ||
| ,, 14 | 355 | |||
| 11693 | Permanent Teeth | 1952 | ||
| Temporary Teeth | 7691 | |||
| (b) Specials | 1774 | Total | 9643 | |
| 13467 | (8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 2892 | ||
| (2) Number found to require treatment | 7538 | (9) Other Operations: Permanent Teeth | ||
| (3) Number actually treated | 4795 | Temporary Teeth | 1473 | |
| (4) Attendances made by children for treatment | 8588 | Total | 1473 | |
TABLE VI.
UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
| (i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 19.8 |
| (ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 40217 |
| (iii) Number of individual children found unclean | 894 |
| (iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | 1 |
| (v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken :— | |
| (a.) Under the Education Act, 1921 | Nil |
| Nil | |