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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
Wimbledon 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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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. | ||
| Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital. | By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Total. | ||
| (i) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| 100 | 23 | 128 | 150 | 278 |
GROUP IV.— DENTAL DEFECTS.
| 1. Number of Children who were:— a. Inspected by the Dentist: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aged | Aged | ||||||
| Routine Age Groups | 5 | 246 | 10 | 26 | Total | 1798 | |
| 6 | 430 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 7 | 463 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 8 | 554 | 13 | 10 | ||||
| 9 | 18 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| Specials | 708 | ||||||
| Grand Total | 2506 | ||||||
| b. Found to require Treatment | 2183 | ||||||
| c. Actually Treated | 1280 | ||||||
| d. Re-treated during the year as the result of periodical examination | 604 | ||||||
| 2. Half-days devoted to:— | |||||||
| Inspection, 29. | Treatment, 366 | Total | 395 | ||||
| 3. Attendances made by Children for Treatment | 2650 | ||||||
| 4. Fillings:— | |||||||
| Permanent Teeth, 790. | Temporary Teeth, 310 | Total Teeth | 1106 | ||||
| Total Fillings | 1414 | ||||||
| 5. Extractions:— | |||||||
| Permanent Teeth, 208. | Temporary Teeth, 2317 | Total | 2525 | ||||
| 6. Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 479 | ||||||
| 7. Other Operations:— | |||||||
| Permanent Teeth, 560 | Temporary Teeth, 1027 | Total | 1587 | ||||
GROUP V.— UNCLEANLINESS AMD VERMINOUS CONDITION.
1. Average number of visits per School made during
the year by School Nurses 12
2. Total number of examinations of children in the
Schools by School Nurses 36,760
3. Number of individual children found unclean 208
4. Number of children cleansed under arrangements
made by the Local Education Authority 200
5 Number of cases in which legal proceedings were
taken:—
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 —
(b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws —
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