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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| (2) Number found to require treatment | 8,708 | |
| (3) Number actually treated | 5,030 | |
| (4) Attendances made by pupils for treatment | 9,422 | |
| (5) Half-days devoted to:- | (a) Inspection | 189 |
| (b) Treatment | 1,009 | |
| Total (a) and (b) | 1,198 | |
| (6) Fillings: | Permanent teeth | 3,197 |
| Temporary teeth | 270 | |
| Total | 3,467 | |
| (7) Extractions : | Permanent teeth | 844 |
| Temporary teeth | 8,017 | |
| Total | 8,861 | |
| (8) Administration of general anaesthetics for extraction | 1,565 | |
| (9) Other Operations : (a) | Permanent teeth | 1,002 |
| (b) Temporary teeth | 1,027 | |
| Total (a) and (b) | 2,029 | |
TABLE 40. INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.
| (i) Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons | 38,561 |
| (ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested | 499 |
| (iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944) | 89 |
| (iv) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act, 1944) | – |