London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Ilford 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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Table IV.—
| (a) Routine Age Groups— | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total. |
| Number | 393 | 623 | 580 | 701 | 793 | 913 | 806 | 745 | 791 | 339 | 208 | 85 | 47 | 16 | 7,040 |
(6) Specials 1,029
(e) Total (Routine and Specials) 8,069
(2) Number found to require treatment 5,159
(3) Number actually treated 3,838
(4) Attendances made by children for treatment 6,336
(5) Half-days devoted to {Inspection 55}
{Treatment 760} Total 815
(6) Fillings {Permanent Teeth 2,905}
{Temporary Teeth 2,414}Total 5,319
(7) Extractions {Permanent Teeth 876
{Temporary Teeth 3,443} Total 4,319
(8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions 1,461
(0) Other operations {Permanent Teeth 1,787}
{Temporary Teeth 483} Total 2,270
Table.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
(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 34,782
(iii) Number of individual children found unclean 1,169*
(iv) Number of children cleansed under the arrangements made by the
Local Education Authority Nil
* In addition 71 children were found unclean at medical inspection and 268
in the School Clinic.
Table VI.
| (1) At a Public Elementary School | (2) At an Institution other than a Special School | (3) At no School or Institution | (4) Total not receiving suitable Education | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind Children | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Deaf Children | — | — | 2 | 2 |