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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Tottenham 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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ORTHODONTIC EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT
| AGE GROUPS | TOTALS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 + | ||
| Number of pupils examined | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 152 |
| Number of pupils selected for treatment | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 120 |
| Number of pupils commenced treatment (first attendance) | 401 | ||||||||||
| Number of attendances made for treatment | 3061 | ||||||||||
| Number of consultations | 48 | ||||||||||
| Number of impressions, etc | 4104 | ||||||||||
| Number of fixed appliances fitted | 24 | ||||||||||
| Number of removable appliances fitted | 246 | ||||||||||
| Number of radiographs (a) at Dental Clinics | 652 | ||||||||||
| (b) at Hospitals | - | ||||||||||
| Number of pupils treatment completed | 59 | ||||||||||
| Number of orthodontic sessions (half-days) | 407 | ||||||||||
Distribution as at 31st December 1958
| Category | In Special Day Schools | In Special Residential Schools | In Maintained Primary & Secondary Schools | In Independent Schools | Not at School | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | |
| Blind Pupils | - | - | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 |
| Partially Sighted Pupils | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 |
| Deaf Pupils | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | 14 | 6 | |||||
| Partially Deaf Pupils | 7 | 9 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 11 |
| Educationally Sub-normal Pupils | 63 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 81 | 55 |
| Epileptic Pupils | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| Maladjusted Pupils | - | - | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 1 | - | 36 | 6 |
| Physically Handicapped Pupils | 17 | 9 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 |
| Pupils with Speech Defects | - | - | - | - | 230 | 104 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 238 | 108 |
| Delicate Pupils | 7 | 2 | 11 | 7 | - | - | _ | 1 | - | - | 18 | 10 |
| Pupils with Multiple Defects | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 5 |
| Totals | 111 | 77 | 62 | 21 | 242 | 113 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 447 | 222 |
| Grand Totals | 188 | 83 | 355 | 32 | 11 | 669 | ||||||
The Deaf Child
During 1958 the International Congress on the Modern Educational Treatment
of Deafness took place in Manchester at which many hundreds of delegates from
all over the world attended. An opportunity was thus afforded of taking stock of
our progress and of new trends in the educational treatment of the deaf child.