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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Table XIX.
Elementary Education . Age Grouping of Children inspected by Dentists.
| Year | No. of children at ages (years) who had routine inspections | Total routine inspections | Special inspections | Total inspections | Total inspections per cent. school population | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||
| 1920 | - | - | 4,936 | 1,901 | 1,046 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7,883 | 305 | 14,188 | 27.4 |
| 1921 | — | — | 8,063 | 11,189 | 2,654 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21,906 | 530 | 22,436 | 42.6 |
| 1922 | — | — | 7,883 | 10,724 | 5,421 | — | — | — | —. | — | — | 24,028 | 1,042 | 25,070 | 47.3 |
| 1923 | — | — | 4,972 | 6,706 | 2,874 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14,552 | 1,127 | 15,679 | 29.6 |
| 1924 | —. | — | 5,453 | 6,951 | 3,685 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16,089 | 1,045 | 17,134 | 33.5 |
| 1925 | — | — | 6,078 | 6,301 | 3,609 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15,988 | 1,421 | 17,409 | 34.4 |
| 1926 | — | — | 7,083 | 6,598 | 2,483 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16,164 | 1,794 | 17,958 | 35.6 |
| 1927 | — | — | 5,499 | 7,102 | 2,478 | — | — | — | — | —. | — | 15,079 | 2,958 | 18,037 | 36.3 |
| 1928 | 37 | 105 | 5,245 | 5,895 | 2,562 | 66 | 71 | 84 | 104 | 146 | 11 | 14,326 | 3,537 | 17,863 | 36.5 |
| 1929 | 261 | 437 | 4,336 | 4,565 | 2,490 | 578 | 434 | 364 | 439 | 454 | 34 | 14,392 | 3,820 | 18,212 | 38.5 |
| 1930 | 576 | 1,224 | 6,053 | 6,206 | 3,591 | 1,333 | 1,356 | 832 | 721 | 842 | 149 | 22,883 | 3,706 | 26,589 | 57.2 |
| 1931 | 396 | 851 | 5,812 | 5,576 | 3,343 | 1,011 | 1,009 | 1,333 | 855 | 790 | 129 | 21,105 | 3,551 | 24,656 | 53.7 |
| 1932 | 461 | 957 | 6,357 | 6,258 | 3,347 | 1,072 | 1,076 | 950 | 820 | 542 | 80 | 21,920 | 4,189 | 26,109 | 57.7 |
| 1933 | 521 | 1,064 | 5,452 | 4,728 | 2,997 | 964 | 964 | 1,151 | 993 | 1,189 | 79 | 20,102 | 4,736 | 24,838 | 55.5 |
| 1934 | 406 | 720 | 4,455 | 4,372 | 3,828 | 821 | 887 | 728 | 721 | 656 | 91 | 17,685 | 3,843 | 21,528 | 49.8 |
| 1935 | 378 | 688 | 4,049 | 3,899 | 3,820 | 673 | 672 | 697 | 854 | 900 | 44 | 16,674 | 3,890 | 20,564 | 50.6 |
| 1936 | 459 | 697 | 3,743 | 3,721 | 3,835 | 1,039 | 1,099 | 1,036 | 861 | 1,087 | 57 | 17,634 | 4,791 | 22,425 | 58.3 |
| 1937 | 375 | 779 | 3,742 | 4,040 | 4,127 | 1,021 | 934 | 944 | 1,033 | 1,081 | 106 | 18,182 | 4,559 | 22,741 | 63.0 |
England and Wales, 1936 . Routine inspections — 3,199,592
Special inspections — 264,356
Total inspections —- 3,463,948
Total average attendances (1935-36) — 4,748,453
Total inspections per cent. of school population
— 73.1