Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Group IV.-Dental Defects.
(1) Number of Children who were | ||||
(a) Inspected by the Dentists :- | ||||
Aged Routine Age Groups | 5 | 1,174 | Total | 10,462 |
6 | 1,569 | |||
7 | 1,723 | |||
8 | 1,690 | |||
9 | 1,726 | |||
10 | 1,725 | |||
ll | 855 | |||
Specials | 618 | |||
Reinspection | 870 | |||
Mossford | 699 | |||
Open-Air | 88 | |||
Grand Total | 12,737 | |||
(6) Found to require treatment | 6,738 | |||
(c) Actually treated | 3,903 | |||
(d) Re-treated during the year as the result of periodical examination | 1,455 | |||
(2) Half-days devoted to | Inspection | 126 | Total | 939 |
Treatment | 813 | |||
(3) Attendances made by children for treatment | 6,982 | |||
(4) Fillings | Permanent teeth | 3,665 | Total | 8,436 |
Temporary Teeth | 4,771 | |||
(5) Extractions | Permanent Teeth | 545 | Total | 6,473 |
Temporary Teeth | 5,928 | |||
(6) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 1,309 | |||
Local | 2,362 | |||
(7) Other operations | Permanent Teeth | 1,634 | Total | 2,245 |
Temporary Teeth | 611 |
Group V.—uncleanliness and verminous conditions.
(i.) Average number of visits per school during the year by the School
Nurses 7
(ii.) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School
Nurses 50,651
(iii.) Number of individual children found unclean 1,693
(iv.) Number of children cleansed under the arrangements made by the
Local Education Authority 18
(v.) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:—
(а) Under the Education Act, 1921 Nil
(b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws Nil