[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham] page 124

West Ham 1957

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APPENDIX III

STATISTICS RELATING TO THE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE

COMPARISON OF CERTAIN TYPES OP WORK CARRIED OUT IN THE YEARS 1954, 1955. 1956 and 1957.

School Population: 1954: 29,707 1955:	29,487	1956: 29,453	1957:	28,815
Number of cases dealt with
TYPE OP WORK	1954	1955	1956	1957
Periodic Medical Inspections	9,110	8,072	7,593	8,714
Special Inspections and Reinspections	14,463	12,088	12,760	9,621
Uncleanliness Inspections by school nurses	68,839	68,934	63,787	65.913
Percentage of children f ound unclean	2.95	2.59	1.55	1.47
Minor ailments treated at the school clinics	3,145	2,342	2,542	2,306
Attendances at minor ailment cilnlcs	18,760	17,751	15,638	14,272
Tonsil and adenoid operations known to have been performed	451	248	311	225
Orthopaedic defects known to have been treated at hospital orthopaedic clinics	172	118	115	79
Orthopaedic defects treated at the Council's physiotherapy clinics	96	111	126	75
Case3 treated at the light cliniqs	182	185	218	88
Children examined for employment	78	64	66	111
Children examined for entertainments	58	52	16	9
Children admitted to convalescent homes	104	146	106	116
Children found in need of speech therapy	58	78	50	76
Children referred for child guidance treatment	182	204	153	61
DENTAL WORK
Children treated	4,701	5,009	4,050	4,145
Number of fillings: Permanent teeth	2,162	5,205	5,234	6,477
Temporary teeth	1,329	2,613	2,052	2,283
Number of extractions: Permanent teeth	1,054	1,245	1,263	1,491
Temporary teeth	5,702	4,762	4,077	4,373
Administrations of general anaesthetics	2,466	2,251	2,254	2,178
Other operations: Permanent teeth	1,312	3,693	4,259	5,647
Temporary teeth	544	1,189	768	750
Number of orthodontic cases treated	181	l6l	330	470