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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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APPENDIX "B" Dental Inspections and Treatment:
| Number of pupils inspected (periodic and specials) | 1959 | ||
| Number found to require treatment: | |||
| (a) Periodic | 816 | ||
| (b) Specials | 510 | ||
| Total | 1326 | ||
| Number of individual pupils actually treated | 585 | ||
| Attendances made by pupils for treatment | 2491 | ||
| Fillings: | |||
| Permanent teeth | 1723 | ||
| Temporary | 487 | ||
| Total | 2210 | ||
| No. of Teeth Filled: | |||
| Permanent Teeth | 1631 | ||
| Temporary | 430 | ||
| Total | 2061 | ||
| Extractions: | |||
| Permanent Teeth | 86 | ||
| Temporary | 655 | ||
| Total | 741 | ||
| Administration of anaesthetics: | |||
| (a) Local | 96 | ||
| (b) General | 309 | ||
| Total | 405 | ||
| Other Operations: | |||
| (a) Permanent Teeth | 628 | ||
| (b) Temporary | 270 | ||
| Total | 898 | ||