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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| (6)Filling: | Permanent teeth | 2,539 | ||
| Temporary teeth | 155 | |||
| Total | 2,694 | |||
| (7) | Extractions: | Permanent teeth | 863 | |
| Temporary teeth | 7,801 | |||
| Total | 8,664 | |||
| (8) | Administration of general anaesthetics for extraction | 1,183 | ||
| (9) | Other Operations: | Permanent teeth | 946 | |
| Temporary teeth | 1,147 | |||
| Total (a) and (b) | 2,093 | |||
TABLE 58.
INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.
(i) Total number of examinations in the schools by the
school nurses or other authorised persons 42,040
(ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be
infested 1,053
(iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom
cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2),
Education Act, 1944) 56
(iv) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom
cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3),
Education Act, 1944)