London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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T able XX.
E lementary education . D ental inspection and treatment.
| Year. | Total inspections | No. requiring treatment. | Percentage of inspected who required treatment. | No. treated. | Percentage of inspected who were treated. | Percentage of those who required treatment who were treated | No. who required treatment as rate percent. of school population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 14,188 | 6,493 | 45.8 | 4,353 | 30.7 | 67.0 | 12.4 |
| 1921 | 22,436 | 9,453 | 42.1 | 2,831 | 12.6 | 29.9 | 180 |
| 1922 | 25,070 | 14,779 | 58.8 | 3,487 | 13.9 | 23.6 | 28.0 |
| 1923 | 15,679 | 8,692 | 55.4 | 6,241 | 39.8 | 71.8 | 16.4 |
| 1924 | 17,134 | 8,489 | 49.5 | 7,097 | 41.4 | 83.6 | 16.6 |
| 1925 | 17,409 | 7,528 | 43.2 | 6,321 | 36.3 | 84.0 | 14.9 |
| 1926 | 17,958 | 7,933 | 44.3 | 6,912 | 38.6 | 87.1 | 15.2 |
| 1927 | 18,037 | 7,266 | 40.3 | 6,707 | 37.2 | 92.3 | 14.6 |
| 1928 | 17,863 | 7,228 | 40.5 | 7,213 | 40.4 | 99.8 | 14.8 |
| 1929 | 18,212 | 8,619 | 47.3 | 8,370 | 460 | 97.1 | 18.2 |
| 1930 | 26,589 | 12,700 | 47.8 | 10,101 | 38.0 | 79.5 | 27.3 |
| 1931 | 24,656 | 14,668 | 59.5 | 10,401 | 42.2 | 70.9 | 31.9 |
| 1932 | 26,109 | 15,409 | 59.0 | 10,805 | 41.4 | 70.1 | 34.0 |
| 1933 | 24,838 | 13,857 | 55.8 | 10,628 | 42.8 | 76.7 | 310 |
| 1934 | 21,528 | 12,505 | 58.1 | 9,875 | 45.9 | 79.0 | 28.9 |
| 1935 | 20,564 | 13,518 | 65.7 | 10,684 | 52.0 | 79.0 | 33.3 |
| 1936 | 22,425 | 15,046 | 671 | 10,489 | 46.8 | 69.7 | 39.1 |
| 1937 | 22,741 | 14,258 | 62.7 | 10,095 | 44.4 | 70.8 | 39.5 |
| England and Wales, 1936. | 3,463,948 | 2,425,299 | 70.0 | 1,536,627 | 45.3 | 63.4 | 51.2 |