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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
Leyton 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE 4.
Dental Inspection and Treatment.
| (1) Number of children who were :— | |||
| (a)Inspected by the Dentist:— | |||
| Aged : | |||
| 11 | — | ||
| 12 | — | ||
| 13 | — | ||
| 14 | — | ||
| Age Groups | 15 | — | Total Nil |
| 16 | — | ||
| 17 | — | ||
| 18 | — | ||
| Specials (Casuals) 3 | |||
| Grand Total 3 | |||
| 3 | |||
| (c) Actually treated | 376 | ||
| (2) Half-days devoted to Inspection Nil Treatment 80—Total | 80 | ||
| (3) Attendances made by children for treatment | 1,056 | ||
| (4) Fillings, Permanent Teeth 1,120 Temporary ,, Nil—Total | 1,120 | ||
| (5) Extractions, Permanent Teeth 308 | |||
| Temporary ,, 134—Total | 442 | ||
| (6) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 165 | ||
| (7) Other operations, Permanent Teeth 192 Temporary ,, Nil—Total | 192 | ||