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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

Wood Green 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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Table: GroupIV.—Dental Defects.

GroupIV.—Dental Defects.

(1) Number of Children who were—(2) Half-days devoted to.—
(a) Inspected by the Dentist— Aged:Inspection 24Total 175
Treatment 151
Routine Age Groups5—Total 1860
6483
7497(3) Attendances made by children for treatment 2626
831
94
10820(41 Fillings:—
1125Permanent Teeth 296Total 512
12—Temporary Teeth 216
13—
14-
Specials736(5) Extractions:—
Permanent Teeth 275Total 3423
Grand Total2596Temporary Teeth 3148
(b) Found to require treatment2021(6) Administrations of generalamæstheticsforextractions 19
(c) Actually treated1673*
(d) Re-treated during the year as the result of periodical examination135(7) Other operations:—
Permanent teeth17
Temporary teeth—

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* In addition there were 131 eases treated by private dentists—balance of 217
represents objections.
Group V.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
(i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School
Nurses 59.
(ii) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by School
Nurses .. 30071.
(iii) Number of individual children found unclean .. 414.
(iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education
Authority Nil
(v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken.
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 Nil
(b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws Nil
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