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Walthamstow 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE II.
Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the year in the Routine Age Groups
| No. or children inspected | A | B | C | D | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excellent | Normal | Slightly sub-normal | Bad | |||||
| No. | % | No. | % | |||||
| No | % | No. | % | |||||
| 3432 | 855 | 24.91 | 2408 | 71. | 63 168 | 4.89 | 1 | 0.029 |
TABLE III.
| Group I. Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanliness, for which see Table V). | |||
| Total number of defects treated or under treatment during the year under the Authority's scheme | 1920 | ||
| Group II. Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye defects treated as Minor Ailments - group 1). | |||
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | Other Defects or disease of the eyes. | Number of children for whom spectacles were - | |
| Pre sc ri b ed | Obtained | ||
| 323 | 39 | 306 | 306 |
Group III. Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
| Received Operative Treatment | Received other forms of treatment. | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 164 | 169 |
TABLE IV
Dental Inspection and Treatment.
(i) Number of children inspected by the Dentists (a) Routine age groups.
| Age | 5 yrs. | 6. yrs. | 7 yrs. | 8 yrs. | 9 yrs. | 10 yrs. | 11 yrs. | 12 yrs. | 13 yrs. | 14 yrs. | 15 yrs. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 722 | 756 | 744 | 744 | 715 | 723 | 759 | 703 | 769 | 191 | 40 | 6896 |
(b) Specials 646
(c) Total (routine & specials) 7542
(2) Number found to require treatment 5230
(3) Number actually treated 2382
(4) Attendances made by children for treatment 6235
(5) Half days devoted to (7) Extractions
Inspection 59 Permanent teeth 500
Treatment 1003 Temporary teeth 2447
(6) Fillings (8) Administrations of general annaesthetics for
Permanent teeth 1979 extractions 1348
Temporary teeth 2382
(9) Other Operations
Permanent teeth. 979
Temporary teeth. 707
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