Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE 5
1953 | 1952 | 1951 | ||||
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Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | |
No. examined by dental officer | 388 | 833 | 226 | 1,127 | 43 | 879 |
No. referred for treatment | 349 | 750 | 211 | 992 | 42 | 795 |
New cases commenced treatment | 298 | 745 | 179 | 876 | 37 | 715 |
Cases made dentally fit | 113 | 380 | 77 | 663 | 21 | 462 |
Forms of dental treatment provided:— | ||||||
Teeth extracted | 478 | 610 | 200 | 879 | 53 | 893 |
Anaesthetics: | ||||||
(a) Local | 126 | 148 | 64 | 192 | 10 | 196 |
(b) General | 85 | 217 | 40 | 308 | 9 | 275 |
No. of fillings | 637 | 1,323 | 234 | 1,562 | 35 | 1,005 |
No. of root fillings | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | . |
No. of inlays | 1 | i | 2 | . | . | . |
Scalings and gum treatment | 156 | . | 72 | . | 16 | . |
Silver nitrate treatment | 791 | . | 1,165 | 944 | ||
Dressings | 141 | 547 | 81 | 752 | 6 | 687 |
Other operations | 20 | 207 | 11 | 106 | 1 | 94 |
No. of Radiographs: | ||||||
(a) at County Council clinics | 18 | 3 | 5 | 2 | . | 2 |
(6) at hospital | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
Denture dressings | 168 | . | 73 | . | 55 | . |
Dentures fitted: | ||||||
(a) full | 14 | . | 5 | . | 6 | . |
(b) partial | 45 | . | 14 | . | 8 | . |
No. of attendances | 1,133 | 1,827 | 468 | 2,114 | 104 | 1,663 |
No. of appointments not kept | 321 | 326 | 170 | 306 | 16 | 230 |
No. of ½ days devoted to treatment | 365 | 300 | 212 |