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]
This page requires JavaScript
55
Table V.—Dental Defects.
(1) Number of Children Inspected by the Dentist—
(a) Routine Age Groups—
AGE
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
TOTAL
Number
1,542
1,206
1,442
1,437
1,382
1,529
1,229
1,464
1,299
239
12,769
(b) Specials 2,975
(c) Total (Routine and Specials) 15,744
(2) Found to require treatment 11,250
(3) Actually treated 5,767
(4) Attendances made by children for treatment 9,310
(5) Half-days devoted to:—
Inspection 51
Treatment 870
Total 921
(6) Fillings:—
Permanent Teeth 3,038
Temporary Teeth 463
Total 3,501
(7) Extractions:—
Permanent Teeth 1,714
Temporary Teeth 7,537
Total 9,251
(8) Administrations of general
thetics for extractions 131
(9) Other operations:—
Permanent Teeth 403
Temporary Teeth 89
Total 492
Regulation cases 18
Table VI. — Uncleanliness and verminous conditions.
(i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the
School Nurses
23.1
(ii) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by
School Nurses
105,646
(iii) Number of individual children found unclean
865
(iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the
Local Education Authority
17
(v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings wore taken:—
(a) Under the Education Act, 1921
15
(6) Under School Attendance Byelaws
-