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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
East Ham 1937
[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 | 1732 | 1517 | 1460 | 1523 | 1600 | 1648 | 1903 | 879 | - | — | 12262 |
| (b) Specials | 208 | ||||||||||
| (c) Total (Routine and Specials) | 12470 | ||||||||||
| (2) Number found to require treatment | 7834 | ||||||||||
| (3) Number actually treated | 3285 | ||||||||||
| (4) Attendances made bv children for treatment | 7826 | ||||||||||
| (5) Half-days devoted to:— | (7 | Extractions:— | |||||||||
| Inspection | 104 | Permanent Teeth | 1010 | ||||||||
| Treatment | 673 | Temporary Teeth | 7032 | ||||||||
| Total | 777 | Total | 8042 | ||||||||
| (8) | Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 736 | |||||||||
| (6 Fillings :— | (9) | Other Operations :— | |||||||||
| Permanent Teeth | 1920 | Permanent Teeth | 846 | ||||||||
| Temporary Teeth | 528 | Temporary Teeth | 321 | ||||||||
| Total | 2448 | Total | 1167 | ||||||||
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 | 41725 |
| (iii) | Number of individual children found unclean | 930 |
| (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 | - | |
| — |