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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 1938
[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 | 1254 | 1362 | 1342 | 1573 | 1517 | 1529 | 1687 | 1217 | - | — | 11481 |
| (b) Specials | 283 | ||||||||||
| (c) Total (Routine and Specials) | 11764 | ||||||||||
| (2) Number found to require treatment | 6970 | ||||||||||
| (3) Number actually treated | 4018 | ||||||||||
| (4) Attendances made by children for treatment | 7426 | ||||||||||
| (5) Half-days devoted to :— | (7) Extractions:— | ||||||||||
| Inspection | 106 | Permanent Teeth | 1008 | ||||||||
| Treatment | 660 | Temporary Teeth | 6275 | ||||||||
| Total | 766 | Total | 7283 | ||||||||
| (8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 755 | ||||||||||
| (6 Fillings:— | (9) Other Operations:— | ||||||||||
| Permanent Teeth | 1887 | Permanent Teeth | 861 | ||||||||
| Temporary Teeth | 391 | Temporary Teeth | 308 | ||||||||
| Total | 2278 | Total | 1169 | ||||||||
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 | 40821 |
| (iii) Number of individual children found unclean | 541 |
| (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 | — |