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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

Heston and Isleworth 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT—YEAR 1931.Average number of Elementary School children on registers at middle of year (June)—8829.

DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT—YEAR 1931.

Average number of Elementary School children on registers at middle of year (June)—8829.

Age.No.Total.No. Requiring Treatment.Percentage Requiring Treatment.Remarks.
1. No. of576552067.9Percentage inspected at Routine Inspections worked out on school population as at middle of year = 77 per cent.
(a) children681465980.9
who were79096 7974.6
inspected890366673.7
at Routine992371477.3
Dental In1095174478.2
spections.1176060679.7
1233626378.2
1330222173.1
1410980
1530
162
6804515275.7
No. of Special Inspections1486
(b) No. of children found to require treatment at Routine Dental Inspections5152Remarks.
This equals 75.7 per cent. of the children inspected at Routine Inspections.
(c) No. of children actually treated2555In arriving at this figure each child is only counted once even though it attended several times during the year for treatment. The percentage of children treated of those found to require treatment at Routine Inspections is 49.6.