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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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GROUP 5.- CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT
| Number of Cases Treated | ||
|---|---|---|
| In the Authority's Child Guidance Clinics | Elsewhere | |
| Number of pupils treated at Child Guidance CliniCS | 236 | 3 |
GROUP 6. - SPEECH THERAY
| Number of Cases Treated | ||
|---|---|---|
| By the Authority | Otherwise | |
| Number of pupils treated by Speech Therapists | 90 | 4 |
GROUP 7.- OTHER TREATMENT GIVEN
| Number of Cases Treated | ||
|---|---|---|
| By the Authority | Otherwise | |
| (a) Miscellaneous Minor Ailments | 277 | 33 |
| (b) Other | ||
| 1. General debility | 645 | 40 |
| 2. Disease of the digestive system | 45 | 21 |
| 3. Disease of the nervous system | 32 | 13 |
| 4. Disease of the respiratory system | 66 | 69 |
| 5. Other Conditions | 86 | 39 |
| Total | 1,151 | 215 |
TABLE 51 DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT
| (1) Number of pupils Inspected by the Authority»s Dental Officers;- | ||
| (a) Periodic age groups | 2,164 | |
| ( b ) Sp ecials a a ao oo o .» o • oo & a .oo e » oo | 2,743 | |
| Total | 4,907 | |
| 4,307 | ||
| (3) Number referred for treatment 0o o. ». ». .»« | 3,546 | |
| 3,556 | ||
| (5) Attendances made by pupils for treatment .. | 9,601 | |
| (6) Half-days devoted to:- | 23 | |
| 933 | ||
| Total | 956 | |
| (7) Fillings: | Permanent teefch B0 | 1,819 |
| 1.072 | ||
| Total | 2,891 | |
| (8) Numher of teeth filled: | 1,719 | |
| 1,052 | ||
| Total | 2,771 | |
| (9) Extractions: | 983 | |
| 4.913 | ||
| Total | 5,896 | |
| (10} Administration of general anaesthetics for extraction | 1,950 | |
| (11) Other Operations: | 845 | |
| ~B53 | ||
| Total | 1.728 | |