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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table:

(6) Fillings;
Permanent teeth5,463
Temporary teeth2,759
Total fillings8,222
(7) Extractions:
Permanent teeth1,364
Temporary teeth.9.202
Total extractions5 10,566
(8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions2,066
(9) Other operations:
Permanent teeth1,465
Temporary teeth176
Total of "other operations"1,641

Table: TABLE V. Verminous Conditions•

TABLE V. Verminous Conditions

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(l) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by the
school nurses38,793
(2 ) Number of individual children found unclean1,519