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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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TABLE IV.
Dental Inspection and Treatment
| (1) Number of pupils who were :— | |||||||
| (a) Inspected by the Dentist:— | |||||||
| Age Groups | Aged: | Total 8,407 | |||||
| 3 | |||||||
| 4 | 132 | ||||||
| 5 | 780 | ||||||
| 6 | 935 | ||||||
| 7 | 751 | ||||||
| 8 | 835 | ||||||
| 9 | 775 | ||||||
| 10 | 711 | ||||||
| 11 | 835 | ||||||
| 12 | 848 | ||||||
| 13 | 838 | ||||||
| 14 | 600 | ||||||
| 15 | 257 | ||||||
| 16 | 59 | ||||||
| 17 | 42 | ||||||
| 18 | 9 | ||||||
| Specials (Casuals) | 2,165 | ||||||
| Grand Total | 10,572 | ||||||
| (6) Found to require treatment | 4,229 | ||||||
| (c) Actually treated | 3,216 | ||||||
| (2) Half-days devoted to Inspection | 56 | ||||||
| Treatment | 848 | Total | 904 | ||||
| (3) Attendances made by children for treatment | 7,974 | ||||||
| (4) Fillings, Permanent Teeth | 2,374 | ||||||
| Temporary „ | 936 | Total | 3,310 | ||||
| (5) Extractions, Permanent Teeth | 773 | ||||||
| Temporary ,, | 5,385 | Total | 6,158 | ||||
| (6) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 2,778 | ||||||
| (7) Other operations, Permanent Teeth 1,471 Temporary „ 1,246—Tota | 2,717 | ||||||