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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
Walthamstow 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Table V.— Dental Inspection and Treatment.
| (1) Number of Children who were:— | |||||
| Inspected by the Dentist: | |||||
| Aged: | |||||
| (a) Routine Age Groups | 5 | 988 | Total 9429 | ||
| 6 | 920 | ||||
| 7 | 1307 | ||||
| 8 | 1174 | ||||
| 9 | 1190 | ||||
| 10 | 1130 | ||||
| 11 | 805 | ||||
| 12 | 770 | ||||
| 13 | 677 | ||||
| 14.16 | 468 | ||||
| (6) Specials | 1816 | ||||
| Grand Total | 11245 | ||||
| (2) Found to require treatment | 9209 | ||||
| (3) Actually treated | 5842 | ||||
| (4) Attendances made by children for treatment | 10799 | ||||
| (5) Half-days devoted to:— | |||||
| Inspection | 89 | Total | 1500 | ||
| Treatment | 1411 | ||||
| (6) Fillings:— | |||||
| Permanent teeth | 4827 | Total | 5974 | ||
| Temporary teeth | 1147 | ||||
| (7) Extractions:— | |||||
| Permanent teeth | 2012 | Total | 10608 | ||
| Temporary teeth | 8596 | ||||
| (8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 4723 | ||||
| (9) Other operations:— | |||||
| Permanent teeth | 1843 | Total | 2162 | ||
| Temporary teeth | 319 | ||||
Table VI.— Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
| (i-) | Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 4 |
| (ii.) | Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 42886 |
| (iii.) | Number of individual children found unclean | 1285 |
| (iv.) | Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 | - |
| (v.) | Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | — | |
| (6) Under School Attendance Byelaws | — | |