London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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TABLE V.—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
(1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist—
| (a) Routine Age Groups— | ||||||||||||
| AGE | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 13 | 14 | 15 | TOTAL |
| Number | 11 | 150 | 343 | 391 | 371 | (89 | 390 1 | 344 | 345!293 | 215 | 10 | 3,252 |
| (6) Specials .. | 535 | |||||||||||
| (e) Total (Routine and Specials) | 3,787 | |||||||||||
| (2) Number found to require treatment | 2,803 | |||||||||||
| (3) Number actually treated | 2,176 | |||||||||||
| (4) Attendances made by children for treatment | 4.461 | |||||||||||
| (5) Half-days devoted to :— Inspection | 23 | (7) Extractions:— Permanent Teeth | 707 | |||||||||
| Treatment | 390 | Temporary Teeth | 1,944 | |||||||||
| Total | 413 | Total .. | 2,651 | |||||||||
| (8) Administrations of gene anaesthetics for extractio | ral ns 915 | |||||||||||
| 2,794 | (9) Other Operations:— Permanent Teeth | 499 | ||||||||||
| Temporary Teeth | 12 | Temporary Teeth | 395 | |||||||||
| Total | 2,806 | Total .. | 894 | |||||||||
TABLE VI.—UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
| (i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 9 |
| (ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 32,340 |
| (iii) Number of individual children found unclean | 80 |
| (iv) Number of individual children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | — |
| (v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | |
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| (6) Under School Attendance Byelaws .. | — |