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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Under the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | ||||||
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Residential treatment with education. (i) | Residential treatment without education. (ii) | Nonresidential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic, (iii) | Residential treatment with education. (i) | Residential treatment without education. (ii) | Nonresidential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic, (iii) | Total number treated. | |
Number of children treated | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 108 | 112 |
563 children with minor orthopaedic and postural defects have carried out remedial exercises in the schools under the supervision of a Medical Officer and the Remedial Drill Instructress.
(1) Number of Children who were:— | |||||
Aged | 1: 4 | 273. | Total | 16,450 | |
Routine Age Groups | 5 | 1,667 | |||
6 | 1,758 | ||||
7 | 1,981 | ||||
8 | 2,262 | ||||
isj 9 | 2,504 | ||||
1 10 | 2,171 | ||||
11 | 2,029 | ||||
12 | 1,368 | ||||
13 | 205 | ||||
14 .. | 232 | ||||
Specials | 2,413 | ||||
Grand Total | 18,863 | ||||
13,013 | |||||
(c) Actually treated | 5,891 | ||||
(2) | Half-days devoted to | Inspection | 65 | Total | 818 |
Treatment | 753 | ||||
(3) | Attendances made by children for treatment | 8,304 | |||
W | Fillings | Permanent Teeth | 1,749 | Total | 1,957 |
Temporary Teeth | 208 | ||||
(5) | Extractions | Permanent Teeth | 1,530 | Total | 9,416 |
Temporary Teeth | 7,886 | ||||
(6) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions | 461 | ||||
(7) | Other operations | Permanent 1eeth | 167 | Total | 176 |
Temporary Teeth | 9 | ||||
(8) Regulation cases | 16 | ||||
(i) | Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Norses | 16.6 | |||
(ii) | Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 99,471 | |||
(iii) | Number of individual children found unclean | 1,311 | |||
(iv) | Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | 30 | |||
(v) | Number of cases in which lesal proceedings were taken:— | ||||
(a) Under the Education Act , 1921 | 12 | ||||
(b) Under School Attendance Byelaws | — |