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Tottenham 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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TABLE IV.— continued. Group IV.—Dental Defects.

(1) Number of Children who were:—
(a) Inspected by the Dentist:
Aged:
Routine Age Groups51,94716,796
62,542
72,648
82,776
92,657
102.076Total
112,034
1257
1336
1423
Specials1,828
Grand Total18,624
(b) Found to require treatment12,143
(c) Actually treated5,338
(d) Re-treated during the year as the result of periodical examination1,804
(2)Half-days devoted to:Inspection69Total808
Treatment739
(3)Attendances made by children for treatment7,812
(4)Fillings:Permanent Teeth1,477Total2,278
Temporary Teeth801
(5)Extractions:Permanent Teeth1,415Total11,860
Temporary Teeth10,445
(6)Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions1,170
(7)Other operationsPermanent Teeth390Total409
Temporary Teeth19
(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