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 V.—
AGE | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | 1,119 | 960 | 1,228 | 1,073 | 1,151 | 1,143 | 1,438 | 659 | 588 | 310 | 9,669 |
(b) Specials | 2,579 | ||||||||||
(c) Total (Routine and Specials) | 12,248 | ||||||||||
(2) Found to require treatment | 8,887 | ||||||||||
(3) Actually treated | 5,283 | ||||||||||
(4) Attendances made by children for treatment | 8,103 | ||||||||||
(5) Half-days devoted to:— | (7) Extractions:— | ||||||||||
Inspection | 40 | Permanent Teeth | 1,608 | ||||||||
Treatment | 784 | Temporary Teeth | 4,807 | ||||||||
Total | 824 | Total | 6,415 | ||||||||
(6) Fillings:— | (8) Administrations of general anaasthetics for extractions | 554 | |||||||||
(9) Other operations:— | |||||||||||
Permanent Teeth | 1,616 | Permanent Teeth | 262 | ||||||||
Temporary Teeth | 328 | Temporary Teeth | 1 | ||||||||
Total | 1,944 | Total | 263 | ||||||||
Regulation cases | 16 |
Table VI.—
(i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses | 20.3 |
(ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 121,735 |
(iii) Number of individual children found unclean | 1,060 |
(iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | 44 |
(v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | |
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921 | 24 |
(b) Under School Attendance Byelaws | — |