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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

Brentford and Chiswick 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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Table: GROUP V—contd.

GROUP V—contd.

(b) Found to require treatment3910
(c) Actually treated2779
(2) Half-days devoted to—
Inspections27½
Treatment526
Lectures16½
Total570
(3) Attendances made by children for treatment5944
(4) Fillings—
Permanent Teeth4733
Temporary Teeth880
Total5613
(5) Extractions—
Permanent Teeth994
Temporary Teeth3638
Total4632
(6) Administration of general anaesthetics for extractions2163
(7) Other operations—
Permanent Teeth428
Temporary Teeth25
Total453
Root fillings25
Crowns11

Table: Group VI.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.

Group VI.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.

(i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses16
(ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by the School Nurses36976
(iii) Number of individual children found unclean399
(iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority89
(v) Number of cases in which Legal Proceedings were taken—
(a) Under Education Act, 19213
(b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws7