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
East Ham 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| Inspection 15 | Permanent Teeth 1425 |
| Treatment l6l | Temporary Teeth 1890 |
| TOTAL 176 | TOTAL 3325 |
| (6) Fillings (see note above) | (8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions 108 |
| Permanent Teeth620 | |
| Temporary Teeth 197 | |
| TOTAL 817 | (9) Other Operations:- |
| Permanent Teeth 121 | |
| Temporary Teeth 236 | |
| 357 |
TABLE VI - UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
| All cases of uncleanliness, however, slight, are recorded. The Return relates to individual children and not to instances of uncleanliness. |
| (i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses 4 |
| (ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses 10503 |
| (iii) Number of individual children found unclean (see note above) 88 |
| (iv) Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 Nil |
| (v) Number cases in which legal proceedings were taken:- |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 Nil |
| (b) Under School Attendance Byelaws Nil |