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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 1950

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

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APPENDIX 3.
STATISTICS RELATING TO SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
COMPARISON OP CERTAIN TYPES OF WORK

Table: CARRIED OUT IN THE YEARS 1948,1949 AND 1950 School population - 1948; 26,507; 1949: 27,027; 195O: 27,369.

CARRIED OUT IN THE YEARS 1948,1949 AND 1950 School population - 1948; 26,507; 1949: 27,027; 195O: 27,369.

Number of cases dealt with
TYPE OF WORK194819491950
Periodic Medical Inspections10,34011,58311,409
Special Inspections and Re-inspections16,84715,02916,399
Nutrition Surveys by School Nurses18,42414,37414,635
Uncleanliness Inspections by School Nurses38,79333,92537,114
Minor Ailments treated at the School Clinics8,6268,0276,465
Attendances at Minor Ailment Clinics36,16533,22128,605
Tonsil and Adenoid Operations performed418146227
Orthopaedic Defects treated at Orthopaedic Clinic179304320
Cases treated at the Light Clinic864437
Admissions to Fyfield Open Air School277234249
Re-inspections at Fyfield1,4441,464855
Re-inspections of children on return from Fyfield211172100
Children examined for Employment92229132
Children examined for Entertainments284974
Children admitted to Convalescent Homes301151255
Children ascertained for Speech Defects79138l4l
Children referred for Child Guidance treatment144154120
DENTAL WORK
Children treated Number of fillings:5,0014, 9865,076
Permanent teeth5,4631,7251,014
Temporary teeth2,7592,108990
Number of extractions:
Permanent teeth1,3641,523939
Temporary teeth9,2027,095829
Administrations of general anaesthetics2,0662,l8l2,135
Other operations:
Permanent teeth1,4652,6913,397
Temporary teeth1762,3134,009
Number of Orthodontic eases treated258224110