Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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Total (All Schools) | |
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(a) PERIODIC | |
Number of children examined at school: — | |
(i) Entrants | 2,064 |
(ii) Second age group | 2,054 |
(iii) Third age group | 2,338 |
(iv) Other periodic examinations | 50 |
Total | 6,506 |
Number of defects found requiring treatment | 1,260 |
Number of defects found requiring observation | 2,950 |
Number of individual pupils found to require treatment | 1,169 |
Nutritional classification of pupils examined:— | |
Satisfactory | 6,501 |
Unsatisfactory | 5 |
(b) SPECIAL | |
Number of children specially examined | 763 |
Number of defects found requiring treatment | 491 |
Number of defects found requiring observation | 132 |
(c) RE-INSPECTION | |
Number of children re-inspected | 718 |
2. TREATMENT OF CHILDREN | |
(a) Total attendances at Specialists' Clinics:— | |
(i) Ophthalmic | 1,514 |
(ii) Orthopaedic | 342 |
(b) Total attendances at Treatment Clinics:— | |
(i) Minor Ailment | 2,804 |
(ii) Physiotherapy | 4,008 |
(iii) Speech Therapy | 2,583 |
(c) Number of children who have received operative treatment for tonsils and adenoids | 46 |
3. HYGIENE INSPECTIONS | |
(i) Number of examinations of pupils in schools | 10,179 |
(ii) Number of pupils found unclean | 52 |
4. DENTAL TREATMENT | |
(i) Number of pupils inspected | 9,464 |
(ii) Number found to require treatment | 5.030 |
(iii) Attendances for treatment | 5,434 |
(iv) Number of fillings: Permanent teeth | 3,145 |
Temporary teeth | 1,374 |
(v) Number of teeth filled: Permanent teeth | 2,635 |
Temporary teeth | 1,190 |
(vi) Number of teeth extracted : Permanent teeth | 218 |
Temporary teeth | 559 |
(vii) Number of general anaesthetics administered | 310 |
(viii) Other operations: Permanent teeth | 773 |
Temporary teeth | 499 |
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