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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1. MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS | |
(a) PERIODIC Number of children examined at school: — | |
(i) Entrants | 2,106 |
(ii) Second age group | 1,956 |
(iii) Third age group | 2,093 |
(iv) Other periodic examinations | 16 |
Total | 6,171 |
Number of defects found requiring treatment | 1,198 |
Number of defects found requiring observation | 2,658 |
Number of individual pupils found to require treatment | 1.095 |
Nutritional classification of pupils examined: — | |
Satisfactory | 6,165 |
Unsatisfactory | 6 |
(b) SPECIAL | |
Number of children specially examined | 690 |
Number of defects found requiring treatment | 332 |
Number of defects found requiring observation | 142 |
(c) RL-INSPECTION | |
Number of children re-inspected | 731 |
2. TREATMENT OF CHILDREN | |
(a) Total attendances at Specialists' Clinics: — | |
(i) Ophthalmic | 1,673 |
(in Orthopaedic | 302 |
(b) Total attendances at Treatment Clinics: — | |
(i) Minor Ailment | 3,764 |
(ii) Physiotherapy | 3,114 |
(iii) Speech Therapy | 2,661 |
3. HYGIENE INSPECTIONS | |
(i) Number of examinations of pupils in schools | 11,291 |
(ii) Number of pupils found unclean | 45 |
4. DE TAL TREATMENT | |
(i) Number of pupils inspected | 11,541 |
(ii) Number found to require treatment | 5,427 |
(iii) Attendances for treatment | 7,868 |
(iv) Number of fillings: Permanent teeth | 4,347 |
Temporary teeth | 2,491 |
(v) Number of teeth filled: Permanent teeth | 3,677 |
Temporary teeth | 2,334 |
(vi) Number of teeth extracted: Permanent teeth | 449 |
Temporary teeth | 1,820 |
(viii) Number of general anaesthetics administered | 898 |
(viii) Other operations: Permanent teeth | 1,262 |
Temporary teeth | 540 |
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