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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 1954
[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 2,810 | |
| Specials (Casuals) 832 | |
| Grand Total | 3,642 |
| 2,784 | |
| (c) Actually treated | 3,327 |
| (2) Half-days devoted to Inspection 25 | |
| Treatment 1,646—Total | 1,671 |
| (3) Attendances made by children for treatment | 11,322 |
| (4) Fillings, Permanent Teeth 4,895 | |
| Temporary Teeth 1,912—Total | 6,807 |
| (5) Extractions, Permanent Teeth 954 | |
| Temporary Teeth 4,074—Total | 5,028 |
| (6) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 1,420 |
| (7) Other operations, Permanent Teeth 3,313 | |
| Temporary Teeth 1,690—Total | 5,003 |
TABLE V. Infestation with Vermin.
| (i) Total number of examinations in the Schools by School Nurses | 29,364 |
| (2) Number of individual pupils found to be infested | 197 |
| (3) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued | 31 |
| (Section 54 (2) Education Act, 1944.) | |
| (4) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3) Education Act, 1944.) | — |