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Percentage of defects followed up needing treatment which were known to
have received treatment 57%
No report available 6
Number of defects for which no treatment had been undertaken at Health
Visitor's final visit 2,333
Carried forward to 1938 742
Number not needing treatment 101
Willesden Secondary and Junior Technical, etc., Schools.
Inspection.
2,390 pupils were inspected at the schools and 6 at the Health Centres, making a total of
2,396 inspections for the year, which is an increase of 73 above the corresponding figure for last year.
32 visits were made to the schools to inspect 2,390 pupils, an average of 74 per session.
1,559, or 65%, were found defective.
The beneficial effect of systematic inspection and treatment in these schools is reflected in the
following table.
Defective Percentages since the Commencement of the Scheme.
1935 69% defective.
1936 68% defective
1937 65% defective
Treatment.
532 or 34% of the defective cases were treated at the centres. The number of fillings as compared
with 1936 has increased by 193 to 1,520 and likewise, teeth extracted has risen by 159 to 458.
The total attendances made amount to 2,028 and the estimated number of treatment sessions
to 168.
A Table of the year's work in the respective groups is set out below.