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
Walthamstow 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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(2) Number found to require treatment 5851
(3) Number actually treated 3210
(4) Attendances made by children for treatment 7330
(5) Half days devoted to (7) Extractions
Inspection 60 Permanent 754
Treatment 936 Temporary 3208
(6) Fillings
Permanent 3055 (8) Administrations of general
Temporary 2615 anaesthetics for
extractions 2213
(9( Other Operations
Permanent teeth 1358
Temporary teeth 169
TABLE V Verminous Conditions
Average number of visits per school made during the year
by the school nurses 5
Total number of examinations of children in the schools
by the school nurses 33899
Number of individual children found unclean 609
T -BLL VI. Blind and Deaf Children.
Number of 'totally or almost totally blind and deaf children who are
MOT at the present time receiving education suitable for their
special needs Blind, Nil. Deaf, 4.
20.