Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE IV.—Continued.
(b) Found to require treatment | 8619 | |
(c) Actually treated | 8370 | |
(d) Re-treated during the year as the result of periodical examination | 2266 | |
(2) Half-days devoted to— | ||
Inspection | 182 | |
Treatment | 1612 | |
Total | 1794 | |
(3) Attendances made by children for treatment | 14081 | |
(4) Fillings— | ||
Permanent teeth | 1890 | |
Temporary teeth | 469 | |
Total | 2359 | |
(5) Extractions— | ||
Permanent teeth | 718 | |
Temporary teeth | 12976 | |
Total | 13694 | |
(6) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | Nil | |
(7) Other Operations— | ||
Permanent teeth | 1310 | |
Temporary teeth | 1047 | |
Total | 2357 |
Croup V.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
(i) | Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses. (Sessional Visits for primary Inspections.) | 9.1 |
(ii) | Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by the School Nurses | 55127 |
(iii) | Number of individual children found unclean | 681 |
(iv) | (a) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | Nil |
(b) Non-Statutory Cleansings at Clinic | 134 | |
(v) | Number of cases in which Legal proceedings were taken:— | |
(a) Under the Education Act | Nil | |
(b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws | 2 |