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East Ham 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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(h) Dental Defects.
The age groups inspected were from four years to sixteen years
inclusive, which totalled 6,863. Those referred for treatment number
3,964, and the "specials" cases referred by the School Medical Officer
and Head Teachers were 260. The number of attendances at the dental
clinics was 2,502. (See Table IV, Group V—Dental Defects.)
There has been a slight decrease in the number of children
presented for dental treatment, viz., 54.6 per cent. of the children
referred, as compared with 62.05 per cent. for the year 1943.
Details of the dental work done for the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres are shown in the following table:—
| Number of Sessions Devoted to Treatment | Number of Attendances | Number of Permanent Teeth | Number of Temporary Teeth | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult | Children | Extracted | Filled | Extracted | Filled | ||||
(i)
The following table furnishes a brief summary of the cases treated by general and local irradiation throughout the year:—
| Number of children treated (general) | 53 |
| Number of children treated (local) | 2 |
| Number of attendances (general) | 1,910 |
| Number of attendances (local) | 29 |
| Number of attendances (local and general) | 1,939 |
OPEN-AIR EDUCATION.
Residential Open-Air Schools.
The following statistical table gives particulars of the number of
children resident in these schools during the year 1944.