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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
Wembley 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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(4) Attendances made by pupils for treatment 8,857
(5) Half-days devoted to:—
Inspection 55
Treatment 1,282
Total 1,337
(6) Fillings:—
Permanent teeth 5,001
Temporary teeth 1,702
Total 6,703
(7) Extractions:—
Permanent teeth 860
Temporary teeth 3,684
Total 4,544
(8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions
1,327
(9) Other operations:—
Permanent teeth 2,028
Temporary teeth 1,070
Total 3,098
* Including Secondary Schools.
Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
(i) Total number of examinations of pupils in the
schools by school nurses and all other authorised
persons 26,820
(ii) Number of individual pupils found unclean 741
(iii) Percentage of pupils found unclean 2.76
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
(a) Total No. of code inspections 1,932
(b) No. of special inspections and Te-inspections 84
(c) Pupils found to require treatment:—
No. of individual pupils found at routine medical inspections to
require treatment (excluding uncleanliness and dental disease).
Defective Vision For all other conditions
(excluding squint). recorded in next Table. Total.
166 150 316
50