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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
Hampstead 1924
Report for the year 1924 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Venereal Diseases.
Clinics arranged by London County Council; no clinic situated
in the Borough.
Dental Clinics.
One in connection with Infant Welfare Centres, established and
controlled by the Hampstead Council of Social Welfare.
One in connection with Pre-Maternity Clinics and one in
connection with Tuberculosis Dispensary. Both these latter
established and controlled by the Borough Council.
| Maternity. | Tuberculosis. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Sessions held | 53 | — | |
| Patients Attendances | 499 | 29 | |
| Number of Fillings | 89 | 1 | |
| Number of Scalings | 70 | — | |
| Extraction cases- | Number of teeth extracted. | 283 | 15 |
| With Gas | 12 | 1 | |
| With Local Anaesthetic | 108 | 4 | |
| Without Anaesthetic | — | — | |
| Number of Dentures (including repairs) | 36 | 2 | |
| Number of Dressings and Root treatment | 71 | 4 | |
| Number for Advice | 47 | 7 | |
| Number of Denture visits | 66 | 11 | |
| Number of New Patients | 88 | 4 | |
Hospitals provided ok subsidised by the Borough Council ok by
the London County Council.
(1) Tuberculosis. The Borough Council possess the right to use two
endowed beds at the Mount Vernon Hospital at Northwood; and two
beds at the Hampstead General Hospital, Haverstock Hill, Hampstead,
which latter would be available for surgical tuberculosis.
Residential Institutional Treatment provided by the London County
Council.
(2) Maternity. Queen Charlotte's Hospital.—The Borough Council
contributes towards the cost of beds in Queen Charlotte's Hospital,
which are available for Hampstead residents. 102 Hampstead women
were confined there in 1924.