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East Ham 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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TABLE V.—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
(1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist.
(a) Routine age-groups.
Age
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
Number
1456
1571
1413
1659
1687
1770
1982
820


12358
(6) Specials 258
(c) Total (Routine and Specials) 12616
(2) Number found to require treatment 7787
(3) Number actually treated 3480
(4) Attendances made by children for treatment 7837
(5) Half-days devoted to :—
Inspection 114
Treatment 697
Total 811
(6) Fillings :—
Permanent Teeth 1933
Temporary Teeth 495
Total 2428
(7) Extractions :—
Permanent Teeth 1109
Temporary Teeth 6801
Total 7910
(8) Administrations of general
anaesthetics for
extractions 791
(9) Other Operations :—
Permanent Teeth 877
Temporary Teeth 332
Total 1209
TABLE VI.—UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
(i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the
School Nurses
3
(ii.) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School
Nurses
44145
(iii) Number of individual children found unclean
708
(iv.) Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2)
and (3) of the Education Act, 1921

(v.) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken :—
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921

(b) Under School Attendance Byelaws