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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
West Ham 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE IV.—Continued.
| (b) Found to require treatment | 7228 | ||
| (c) Actually treated | 7213 | ||
| (d) Re-treated during- the year as the result of periodical examination | 1407 | ||
| (2) Half-days devoted to— | |||
| Inspection | 180 | ||
| Treatment | 1234 | ||
| Total | 1414 | ||
| (3) Attendances made by children for | treatment | ||
| (4) Fillincs— | |||
| Permanent teeth | 753 | ||
| Temporary teeth | 566 | ||
| Total | 1319 | ||
| (5) Extractions— | |||
| Permanent teeth | 267 | ||
| Temporary teeth | 11689 | ||
| Total | 11956 | ||
| (6) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | Nil | ||
| (7) Other Operations— | |||
| Permanent teeth | 745 | ||
| Temporary teeth | Total | 398 | 1143 |
| (i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses. (Sessional Visits for primary Inspections.) | 11.3 |
| (ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by the School Nurses | 54064 |
| (iii) Number of individual children found unclean | 861 |
| (iv) (a) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | Nil |
| (b) Non-Statutory Cleansings at Clinic | 241 |
| (v) Number of cases in which Legal proceedings were taken:— | |
| (a) Under the Education Act | Nil |
| (b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws | Nil |