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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| (2) Number found to require treatment | 9,240 | ||
| (3) Number actually treated | 4,671 | ||
| (4) Attendances made by pupils for treatment | 8,733 | ||
| (5) Half-days devoted to :—(a) Inspection | 182 | ||
| (b) Treatment | 1,034 | ||
| Total (a) and (b) | 1,216 | ||
| (6) Fillings : | Permanent teeth | 2,771 | |
| Temporary teeth | 232 | ||
| Total | 3,003 | ||
| (7) Extractions : | Permanent teeth | 747 | |
| Temporary teeth | 8,122 | ||
| Total | 8,869 | ||
| (8) Administration of general anaesthetics for extraction | 1,399 | ||
| (9) Other Operations : | (a) Permanent teeth | 1,039 | |
| (b) Temporary teeth | 569 | ||
| Total (a) and (b) | 1,608 | ||
TABLE 45.
INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.
| (i) Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons | 48,514 |
| (ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 676 |
| (iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944) | 87 |
| (iv) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act, 1944) | - |