Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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TABLE IV.—
(1) Number of Children who were:— | ||||||
Aged: | ||||||
Routine Age Groups | 5 | 1,947 | 16,796 | |||
6 | 2,542 | |||||
7 | 2,648 | |||||
8 | 2,776 | |||||
9 | 2,657 | |||||
10 | 2.076 | Total | ||||
11 | 2,034 | |||||
12 | 57 | |||||
13 | 36 | |||||
14 | 23 | |||||
Specials | 1,828 | |||||
Grand Total | 18,624 | |||||
12,143 | ||||||
5,338 | ||||||
1,804 | ||||||
(2) | Half-days devoted to: | Inspection | 69 | Total | 808 | |
Treatment | 739 | |||||
(3) | Attendances made by children for treatment | 7,812 | ||||
(4) | Fillings: | Permanent Teeth | 1,477 | Total | 2,278 | |
Temporary Teeth | 801 | |||||
(5) | Extractions: | Permanent Teeth | 1,415 | Total | 11,860 | |
Temporary Teeth | 10,445 | |||||
(6) | Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 1,170 | ||||
(7) | Other operations | Permanent Teeth | 390 | Total | 409 | |
Temporary Teeth | 19 | |||||
(8) | Regulation cases: | 35 |
Group V-Uncleanliness and. verminous conditions.
(i.) Average number of visits per school made during the year
by the School Nurses 22.5
(ii.) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools
by School Nurses 165,536
(iii.) Number of individual children found unclean 3,166
(iv.) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by
the Local Education Authority 293
(v.) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:—
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 —
(b) Under School Attendance Byelaws 18