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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: TABLE 58.DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.

TABLE 58.

DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.

(1) Number of pupils Inspected by the Authority's Dental Officers9,074
(b) Spedals1,568
Total10,642
(2) Number found to require treatment5,477
(3) Number referred for treatment4,105
(4) Number actually treated3,660
(5) Attendances made by pupils for treatment6,151
(6) Half-days devoted to:- (a) Inspeciton72
(7) Treatment862
Total934
(7) Fillings: permanent teeth2,153
Temporary teeth92
Total2,245
(8) Number of teeth rilled: Permanent teeth2,076
Temporary Teeth90
Total2,166
(9) Extractions: Permanent teeth706
Temporary Teeth.6,498
Total7,204
(10) Administration of general anaesthetics for extraction1,111
(11) Other Operations: (a) Permanent Teeth534
(a) Temporary teeth627
Total1,161

Table: TABLE 59. INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.

TABLE 59. INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.

(i) Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons37,569
(11) Total number of individual pupils found to be Infested819
(ill) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944)69
(lv) Number of Individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued (Section 54 (3), Education Act, 1944)..