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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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APPENDIX III
STATISTICS RELATING TO THE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
COMPARISON OP CERTAIN TYPES OP WORK CARRIED OUT IN THE YEARS 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1958.
School Population: 1955: 29,487 1956: 29,453 1957: 28,815 1958: 28,379
| Number of cases dealt with | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYPE OF WORK | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | |
| Periodic Medical Inspections | 8,072 | 7,593 | 8,711 | 9,602 | |
| Special Inspections and Re-inspections | 12,088 | 12,760 | 9,621 | 9,067 | |
| Uncleanliness Inspections by school nurses | 68,934 | 63,787 | 65,913 | 58,719 | |
| Percentage of children found unclean | 2.59 | 1.55 | 1.17 | 1.16 | |
| Minor ailments treated at the school clinics | 2,342 | 2,542 | 2,306 | 2,252 | |
| Attendances at minor ailment clinics | 17,751 | 15,638 | 11,272 | 15,670 | |
| Tonsil and adenoid operations known to have been performed | 248 | 311 | 225 | 125 | |
| Orthopaedic defects known to have been treated at hospital orthopaedic clinics | 118 | 115 | 79 | 132 | |
| Orthopaedic defects treated at the Council's physiotherapy clinics | 111 | 126 | 75 | 51 | |
| Cases treated at the light clinics | 185 | 218 | 88 | 163 | |
| Children examined for employment | 64 | 66 | 111 | 121 | |
| Children examined for entertainments | 52 | 16 | 9 | 16 | |
| Children admitted to convalescent homes | 146 | 106 | 116 | 122 | |
| Children found in need of speech therapy | 78 | 50 | 76 | 89 | |
| Children referred for child guidance treatment | 201 | 153 | 61 | 216 | |
| 5,009 | 4,050 | 1,115 | 6,032 | ||
| Number of fillings | Permanent teeth | 5,205 | 5,234 | 6,177 | 5,625 |
| Temporary teeth | 2,613 | 2,052 | 2,283 | 1,967 | |
| Number of extractions | Permanent teeth | 1,245 | 1,263 | 1,191 | 1,767 |
| Temporary teeth | 4,762 | 1,077 | 1,373 | 1,815 | |
| Administrations of general anaesthetics | 2,251 | 2,254 | 2,178 | 2,550 | |
| Other operations | Permanent teeth | 3,693 | 1,359 | 5,617 | 5,538 |
| Temporary teeth | 1,189 | 768 | 750 | 726 | |
| Number of orthodontic cases treated | 161 | 330 | I70 | 535 | |