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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

Newham 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Newham]

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Table: 4. Dental Services for Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under 5 Years

4. Dental Services for Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under 5 Years

ChildrenMothers
196519661967196819691970196519661967196819691970
First Inspections112113511263143211591633341332285177180230
Found to require treatmentNo record12511190130310021098No record310219165176213
Offered Treatment„124611901290995108l„310219165174213
First Visits for treatment7471231116812799821002290300231160150210
Total Attendance for treatment26l4243725932792229423321533969757472522686
Number supplied with dentures (full and part)------786250272335
G - SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE196519661967196819691970
1.Periodic Medical Inspection:-
(i) Number of Pupils found not requiring examinationNo record52082781258157l
(ii) Number of Pupils who received a full examination81717854835482031027311204
(iii) Number of Pupils found to require treatment168811822296194824623021
2.Other Medical Inspections:-
(i) Number of Special Inspections1267446443937237622323281
(ii) Number of Re-Inspections293728901913248290326
3.Infestation with Vermin:-
(i) Total Number of individual examinations of pupils615354963563712576386567163254
(ii) Total Number of individual pupils found to be infested326418380509527561
(iii) Number of Statutory Notices or Orders served---33-
4.Number of Pupils who received treatment for
(a) Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint External & Other, excluding errors of refraction and squint447297158815974
Errors of Refraction (including squint)229642833335265026822335
Total274345803493273127412409
Prescribed spectacles151533661934177719611617