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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 1952

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

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APPENDIX, III
STATISTICS RELATING TO SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
COMPARISON OF CERTAIN TYPES OF WORK
CARRIED OUT IN THE YEARS 195°, 1951 and 1952.
School Population - 1950: 27,369 1951: 28,178 1952: 29,135

Table: Number of cases dealt with

Number of cases dealt with

TYPE OF WORK195019511952
Periodic Medical Inspection11,4098,9559,264
Special Inspections and Re Inspections16,39920,99115,905
Nutrition Surveys by School Nurses14,63520,80928,899
Uncleanliness Inspections by School Nurses37,11442,95462,525
Minor Ailments treated at the School Clinics6,4655,9244,683
Attendances at Minor Ailment Clinics28,60532,24826,160
Tonsil and Adenoid Operations performed227522188
Orthopaedic Defects treated at Orthopaedic Clinic320286311
Cases treated at the Light Clinic373692
Admissions to Fyfield Open Air School249194141
Reinspections at Fyfield855874803
Reinspections of children on return from Fyfield100185153
Children examined for Employment13210786
Children examined for Entertainments748175
Children admitted to Convalescent Homes255224197
Children ascertained for Speech Defects1417782
Children referred for Child Guidance Treatment120186191
DENTAL WORK
Children treated5,0765,1245,700
Number of fillings:
Permanent teeth1,0148461,108
Temporary teeth990414379
Number of extractions:
Permanent teeth9391,2451,395
Temporary teeth8296,4696,518
Administrations of general anaesthetics2,1851,9892,332
Other operations:
Permanent teeth3,3973,1603,158
Temporary teeth4,0094,0993,820
Number of Orthodontic cases treated11093115