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]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
Errors of refraction (including squint) | 1,359 | |
Other defect or disease of the eyes (excluding minor eye defects) | 27 | |
Total | 1,386 | |
Number of children for whom spectacles were: | ||
(a) Prescribed | 1,265 | |
(b) Obtained | 1,020 | |
Group 3. Treatment of defects of Nose and Throat: | ||
Received Operative Treatment | 146 | |
Received other forms of Treatment | 115 | |
Total number treated | 291 |
TABLE IV.
Dental Inspection and Treatment
(1) | Number of children inspected by the Dentists: | |
(a) Periodic Age Group. | 1,303 | |
(b) Specials | 4,879 | |
(c) Total (Periodic and Specials) | 6,182 | |
Number found to require treatment | ||
(3) | Number actually treated. | 4,986 |
(4) | Attendances made by children for treatment | 10,821 |
(5) | Half-days devoted to: | |
Inspection | 9 | |
Treatment | ||
Total half-days | 1.595 | |
Fillings: Permanent teeth | 1,725 | |
Temporary teeth | ||
Total fillings | 3,833 | |
(7) | Extractions: Permanent teeth. | 1.523 |
Temporary teeth | 7.095 | |
Total extractions | ||
Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 2,l8l |