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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE V.—Dental Inspection and Treatment.
| (1) Number of Children Inspected by the Dentist: | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| (a) Routine Age Groups | 4 | 459 | Total 17634 | |||
| 5 | 697 | |||||
| 6 | 3743 | |||||
| 7 | 3721 | |||||
| 8 | 3835 | |||||
| 9 | 1039 | |||||
| 10 | 1099 | |||||
| 11 | 1036 | |||||
| 12 | 861 | |||||
| 13 | 1087 | |||||
| 14 | 57 | |||||
| (b) Specials | 4791 | |||||
| (c) Total (Routine and Specials) | 22425 | |||||
| (2) | Number found to require treatment | 15046 | ||||
| (3) | Number Actually treated | 10489 | ||||
| (4) | Attendances made by children for treatment | 17346 | ||||
| (5) | Half-days devoted to— Inspection | 194 | ||||
| Treatment | 2079 | |||||
| Total | 2273 | |||||
| (6) | Fillings- Permanent teeth | 2047 | ||||
| Temporary teeth | 282 | |||||
| Total | 2329 | |||||
| (7) | Extractions— Permanent teeth | 1497 | ||||
| Temporary teeth | 15539 | |||||
| Total | 17036 | |||||
| (8) | Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | Nil | ||||
| (9) | Other Operations— | |||||
| Permanent teeth | 1943 | |||||
| Temporary teeth | 576 | |||||
| Total | 2519 | |||||
TABLE VI.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
| (i) | Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 12.66 |
| (ii) | Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 80237 |
| (iii) | Number of individual children found unclean. | 1312 |
| (iv) | Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921. | Nil |
| (v) | Number of cases in which Legal proceedings were taken:— | |
| (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | Nil | |
| (b) Under School Attendance Bye-laws | Nil |