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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 1952
[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:— | |
| 4,196 | ||
| Specials (Casuals) 2,086 | ||
| Grand Total6,282 | ||
| 4,789 | ||
| (c) Actually treated | 3,554 | |
| (2) | Half-days devoted to Inspection 34 | 1,133 |
| Treatment 1,099—Total | ||
| (3) | Attendances made by children for treatment | 9,006 |
| (4) | Fillings, Permanent Teeth 1,902 | 2,422 |
| Temporary „ 520—Total | ||
| (5) | Extractions, Permanent Teeth 782 | 6,381 |
| Temporary „ 5,599—Total | ||
| (6) | Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 1,791 |
| Other operations, Permanent Teeth 3,447 | 5,218 | |
| Temporary „ 1,771—Total | ||
TABLE V. Infestation with Vermin.
| (1) | Total number of examinations in the Schools by School Nurses | 24,999 |
| (2) | Number of individual pupils found to be infested | 318 |
| (3) | Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued | 3 |
| (Section 54 (2) Education Act, 1944.) | ||
| (4) | Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued | 9 |
| (Section 54 (3) Education Act, 1944.) | ||