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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| 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 | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||||||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | ||
| 1 | 1 | 128 | 5 | — | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 159 | 1 | 26 | 193 | |
(i) Tonsils only, (ii) Adenoids only, (iii) Tonsils and adenoids, (iv) Other defects of the nose and throat.
| Under the Authority's Scheme. 0) | Otherwise. (2) | Total number treated. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential treatment with education. | Residential treatment without education. | Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic | Residential treatment with education. | Residential treatment without education. | Non-residential treatment at an Orthopaedic clinic | ||
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | ||
| Number of children treated | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | — | 8 | 16 |
GROUP V.—DENTAL DEFECTS.
(1) Number of Children who were:—
(i) Inspected by the Dentist:
Age. No.
5 296
6 319
7 259
8 204
9 262
Routine Age Groups 10 262 Total 2745
111 357
12 343
13 351
114 67
15 25
Specials 1646
Grand Total 4391
(ii) Found to require treatment 2429
(iii) Actually treated 32%
(2) Half days devoted to:—
Inspection 19
Treatment (Ordinary) 586
(Gas) 122
Administration (Clerical) 10
Dental Committee Meetings 6
743
(3) Attendances made by children
for treatment 8246
(4) Fillings:—
Permanent teeth 4657
Temporary teeth 570
5227
(5) Extractions:—
Permanent teeth 1082
Temporary teeth 4012
5094
(6) Administrations of general
anaesthetics for extractions 1583
(7) Other operations:—
Permanent teeth —
Temporary teeth —
2543
GROUP VI.—UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
(i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses 2.3
(ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses ... 9855
(iii) Number of individual children found unclean 676
(iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education
Authority 101
(v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 —
(b) Under School Attendance Ryelaws 7
35