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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
Edmonton 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Total Number of children who obtained or received Spectacles: | ||
| (a) Under the Authority's Scheme: | 113 (Sec) | |
| 41 (Tech) | ||
| (b) Otherwise: | 1 (Sec) | |
| - (Tech) | ||
D. Dental Defects.
| (1) Number of pupils who were:- | ||||||||||||
| (a)Inspected by the Dentist:- | ||||||||||||
| Ages | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 ........... | 17 | 18 | 19 | |||
| Secondary | 185 | 343 | 221 | 164 | 105 | 31 | 15 | 5 | - | |||
| Technical | - | 3 | 67 | 35 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| Total: | Secondary | 1069 | ||||||||||
| Technical | 110 | |||||||||||
| Specials: | Secondary | 26 | ||||||||||
| Technical | 14 | |||||||||||
| Grand Totals: | Secondary | 1095 | ||||||||||
| Technical | 124 | |||||||||||
| Sec. | Tech. | |||||||||||
| (b) Found to require treatment | 691 | 94 | ||||||||||
| (c) Actually treated | 490 | 59 | ||||||||||
| (2) Half days devoted to | Inspection 6(Sec) 1 (Tech) | 126 | 60 | |||||||||
| Total: | ||||||||||||
| (Treatment 120(Sec) 59(Tech) | ||||||||||||
| (3) Attendances made by pupils for treatment | 918 | 137 | ||||||||||
| (4) Fillings. | Permanent Teeth 988 (Sec) 148 (Tech) | 988 | 148 | |||||||||
| Total: | ||||||||||||
| Temporary Teeth-(Sec)-(Tech | ||||||||||||
| (5) Extractions | Permanent Teeth 183 (Sec) 38 (Tech) | 223 | 39 | |||||||||
| Total: | ||||||||||||
| Temporary Teeth 40 (Sec) 1 (Tech) | ||||||||||||
| (6) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions: | 98 | 21 | ||||||||||
| (7) Other operations | (Permanent Teeth 234 (S) 22 (T) | 234 | 22 | |||||||||
| Total: | ||||||||||||
| Temporary Teeth-(S)-(T) | ||||||||||||