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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE V Dental Inspection and Treatment
| (1) | Number of pupils inspected by the Authority's Dental Officers: | |
| (a) Periodic | 5,375 | |
| (b) specials | 3,614 | |
| (2) | Number found to require treatment | 6,263 |
| (3) | Number offred treatment | 5,408 |
| (4) | Number actually treated | 4,050 |
| (5) | Attendance made by pupils for treatment | 16,664 |
| (6) | Half-days devoted to Periodic Inspection | 41 |
| Treatment | 2,054 | |
| Total half-days: | 2,095 | |
| (7) | fillings: Permanent teeth | 5,234 |
| Temporary teeth | 2,052 | |
| Total fillings: | 7,286 | |
| (8) | Number of teeth filled: Permanent teeth | 4,621 |
| Temporary teeth | 1,839 | |
| Total of teeth filled: | 6,460 | |
| (9) | Extractions: Permanent teeth | 1,263 |
| Temporary teeth | 4,377 | |
| Total extractions: | 5, 6*0 | |
| (10) | Administration of general anaesthetics for extraction | 2,254 |
| (11) | Orthodontics: Cases commenced during the year | 200 |
| Cases carried forward from previous year | 130 | |
| Cases completed during the year | 49 | |
| Cases discontinued during the year | 52 | |
| Pupils treated with appliances | 188 | |
| Removable appliances fitted | 175 | |
| Fixed appliances fitted | 13 | |
| Total attendances | 2,091 | |
| (12) | Number of pupils fitted with artificial dentures | 56 |
| (13) | Other operations: Permanent teeth | 4,259 |
| Temporary teeth | 768 | |
| Total of "other operations": | 5,027 | |