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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Higher Education Denial Inspection and Treatment
(1) Number of children inspected by the Dentists 560
(2) Number found to require treatment 391
(3) Number actually treated 367
(4) Fillings:
Permanent 1,475
Temporary 2
Total fillings 3,477
(5) Extractions:
Permanent 240
Temporary 54
Total extractions 294
(6) Administrations of general anaesthetics for
tions 146
(7) Other operations:
Permanent 265
Temporary 1
Total of "other operations " 266
TABLE V.
| (1) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the school nurses | 7.88 |
| (2) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by the school nurses | 32,728 |
| (3) Number of individual children found unclean | 2,150 |