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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STATISTICS
COMPARISON OF CERTAIN TYPES OF WORK CARRIED OUT IN THE YEARS 1945 & 1946
School population—1945: 20,206; 1946, 24,655.
Number of cases dealt with | ||
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TYPE OF WORK | 1945 | 1946 |
Routine Medical Inspections | 6,111 | 6,763 |
Special Inspections and Re-inspections | 11,596 | 13,441 |
Inspections at Nursery Schools & Classes | 966 | 1,063 |
Nutrition Surveys by School Nurses | 24,170 | 27,889 |
Uncleanliness Inspections by School Nurses | 26,466 | 36,161 |
Minor Ailments treated at the School Clinics | 6,913 | 7,753 |
Attendances at Minor Ailment Clinics | 36,113 | 41,746 |
Tonsil and Adenoid Operations performed | 423 | 356 |
Orthopaedic Defects treated at Orthopaedic Clinic | 73 | 154 |
Cases treated at the Light Clinic | 71 | 121 |
Admissions to Fyfield Open-Air School | 233 | 253 |
Re-inspections at Fyfield | 1,236 | 1,285 |
Re-inspections of children on return from Fyfield | 75 | 249 |
Children examined for Employment | 10 | 180 |
Children examined for Entertainments | 11 | 10 |
Children admitted to Convalescent Homes | 244 | 231 |
Children ascertained for Speech Defects | — | 212 |
Children referred for Child Guidance treatment | 80 | 82 |
DENTAL WORK | ||
Children treated | 4,220 | 5,086 |
Number of fillings: | ||
Permanent teeth | 3,936 | 5,314 |
Temporary teeth | 4,857 | 3,807 |
Number of extractions: | ||
Permanent teeth | 640 | 782 |
Temporary teeth | 5,734 | 8,445 |
Administrations of general anaesthetics | 1,133 | 1,509 |
Other Operations: | ||
Permanent teeth | 626 | 741 |
Temporary teeth | 194 | 273 |
Number of Orthodontic cases treated | 124 | 149 |