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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
Willesden 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Treatment.
615 or 33.5% of the total defective were treated at the Health Centres. The number of teeth
extracted amounted to 410 and the number of fillings were 1,733. Thus each pupil had an average of
.6 teeth extracted and 2.8 fillings done.
Total attendances recorded were 2,284, and the estimated number of treatment sessions 190.
1 pupil was supplied with a two-teeth upper denture at a cost of £1 11s. 6d., which was equally
borne between the Middlesex County Council and the parent.
Table No. 47.
1. Number of pupils who were inspected by the Dentist— a. Routine age-groups.
| Aged: | Willesden Junior Technical, etc., Schools. | Willesden Secondary Schools. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | - | 97 | 97 |
| 12 | 1 | 330 | 331 |
| 13 | 46 | 307 | 353 |
| 14 | 245 | 368 | 613 |
| 15 | 281 | 322 | 603 |
| 16 | 127 | 237 | 364 |
| 17 | 2 | 101 | 103 |
| 18 | — | 17 | 17 |
| 19 | — | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 702 | 1,782 | 2,484 |
| 19 | — | 19 | |
| Total | 721 | 1,782 | 2,503 |
| 2. Number found to require treatment | 531 | 1,304 | 1,835 |
| 3. Number actually treated at the Authority's Health Centres | 175 | 440 | 615 |
| 4. Attendances made by pupils for treatment | 563 | 1,721 | 2,284 |
| 5. Half-days devoted to Inspection | 9 | 24 | 33 |
| Treatment . | 47 | 143 | 190 |
| Total | 56 | 167 | 223 |
| 6. Fillings—Permanent teeth | 463 | 1,270 | 1,733 |
| Temporary teeth | — | — | — |
| Total | 463 | 1,270 | 1,733 |
| 7. Extractions—Permanent teeth | 123 | 239 | 362 |
| Temporary teeth | 12 | 36 | 48 |
| Total | 135 | 275 | 410 |
| 8. Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 61 | 149 | 210 |
| Administrations of local anaesthetics | 6 | — | 6 |
| Total | 67 | 149 | 216 |
| 9. Other operations—Permanent teeth | 121 | 565 | 686 |
| Temporary teeth | — | — | — |
Average Session's Work.
New Cases. Attendances. Fillings. Extractions. Sundry Total.
operations.
3.2 12 9 2 3.6 14.6
Maternity and Child Welfare.
It is generally recognised that mothers, particularly the expectant mother, are very prone to
develope acute inflamation of the gums, associated with loosening of the teeth, a condition which
predisposes to chronic sepsis and becomes a source of danger to the body through absorption of poisons.