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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
Bromley 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Appointments kept | 111 | 94 |
| Number discharged | 92 | 90 |
| Attendances lor Gas Extractions | 69 | 73 |
| „ „ Local Extractions | 14 | 4 |
| Number of Fillings done | 53 | 12 |
| „ „ Extractions | 141 | 160 |
| „ „ Dressings | 12 | 4 |
| (d) Higher Education Schools. | ||
| Appointments kept | 646 | 693 |
| Number discharged | 216 | 387 |
| Attendances for Gas Extractions | 106 | 83 |
| Attendance for Local Extractions | 25 | 20 |
| Number of Fillings done | 424 | 613 |
| Number of Extractions | 257 | 197 |
| Orthodontic attendances | 44 | 62 |
| Scaling and Gum treatment attendances | 76 | 107 |
| Root treatments | — | 14 |
| Referred for X-ray | — | 16 |
| Number inspected at School | — | 930 |
| Number requiring treatment | — | 328 |
| Half-days devoted to treatment | — | 22 |
| „ „ inspection | — | 8 |
REPORT FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1943.
| Age. | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number inspected | 320 | 350 | 421 | 288 | 372 | 385 | 379 | 283 | 268 | 198 |
| Total | 3264 | |||||||||
| 1942. | 1943. | |||||||||
| (b) Special cases | 335 | 297 | ||||||||
| (c) Total number of children inspected (Routine and Special) | 4977 | 3561 | ||||||||
| 2. Number of children found to require treatment | 3264 | 2327 | ||||||||
| 3. Number of children actually treated | 2403 | 1621 | ||||||||
| 4. Total attendances for treatment | 5050 | 4770 | ||||||||
| 5. Half-days devoted to— | ||||||||||
| (a) Inspections | 20 | 13 | ||||||||
| (b) Treatment | 551 | 565 | ||||||||
| 571 | 578 | |||||||||
| 6. Number of Fillings completed in— | ||||||||||
| (a) Permanent Teeth | 1550 | 1798 | ||||||||
| (b) Temporary Teeth | 370 | 628 | ||||||||
| 1920 | 2426 | |||||||||
| 7. Number of Extractions:— | ||||||||||
| (a) Permanent Teeth | 1411 | 1171 | ||||||||
| (b) Temporary Teeth | 1899 | 2194 | ||||||||
| 3310 | 3365 | |||||||||