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 III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
Number of Defects
| Received Operative Treatment. | Received other forms of Treatment. | Total Number treated. |
|---|---|---|
| 181 | — | 181 |
| (a)Routine Age Groups— | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total. |
| Number 1354 | 1512 | 1703 | 1538 | 1474 | 1631 | 1243 | 1053 | 1007 | 277 | 12,792 |
| 656 | ||||||||||
| (c) Total (Routine and Specials) | 13,448 | |||||||||
| (2) Number found to require treatment | 7,763 | |||||||||
| (3) Number actually treated | 4,080 | |||||||||
| (4) Attendances made by children for treatment | 6,708 | |||||||||
| (5) Half-days devoted to . | Inspection | 101 | Total 837 | |||||||
| Treatment | 736 | |||||||||
| (6) Fillings | Permanent Teeth | 2,590 | Total 5,336 | |||||||
| Temporary Teeth | 2,746 | |||||||||
| (7) Extractions | Permanent Teeth | 844 | Total 7,866 | |||||||
| Temporary Teeth | 7,022 | |||||||||
| (8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions 1,800 | ||||||||||
| (9) Other operations | Permanent Teeth | 1,695 | Total 2,403 | |||||||
| Temporary Teeth | 708 | |||||||||
| (i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 5 |
| (ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 35,679 |
| (iii) Number of individual children found unclean | |
| (iv) Number of children cleansed under the arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | Nil |
| (v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | |
| Nil | |
| (6) Under School Attendance Bye-laws | Nil |
* In addition 152 children were found unclean at medical inspection and 247
in the School Clinic.