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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
Twickenham 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Number and ages of children examined by the School Dentist at
his routine inspection in the schools
TABLE III.
| Age at date of Inspection. | Total Children inspected. | Total children with teeth requiring attention | Children with good teeth. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 1 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| Boys. | 41 | 50 | 9 | 44 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 204 | 182 | 22 |
| Girls | 33 | 42 | 12 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 158 | 149 | 9 |
| Totals | 74 | 92 | 21 | 79 | 66 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 362 | 331 | 31 |
In addition, 70 re-inspections were made at the Dental Clinic
chiefly among children of the nine to ten group; the figures for each
age hare not been kept separately.
TABLE IV.
Table of work done at the Dental Clinic.
Total No. of
new cases.
No. receiving
treatment.
Fillings.
Extractions.
Special Examinations.
Treatment
refused.
Routine reinspections.
Total No. of
attendances
Temp.
Perm.
Temp.
Perm.
228
1
450
1934
64
37
1
70
699
Contributions towards Treatment.—The amount received
from parents as contributions towards the cost of medical, including
dental, treatment was £29 13s 8d.
Inspection Clinic and Treatment of Minor Ailments.
All previous increases in the number of children attending this