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.