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
1954 | 1953 | 1952 | ||||
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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 | 253 | 590 | 388 | 833 | 226 | 1,127 |
No. referred for treatment | 241 | 534 | 349 | 750 | 211 | 992 |
New cases commenced treatment | 233 | 603 | 298 | 745 | 179 | 876 |
Cases made dentally fit | 50 | 246 | 113 | 380 | 77 | 663 |
Forms of dental treatment provided:— | ||||||
Teeth extracted | 389 | 541 | 478 | 610 | 200 | 879 |
Anaesthetics : | ||||||
(a) Local | 132 | 115 | 126 | 148 | 64 | 192 |
(6) General | 42 | 206 | 85 | 217 | 40 | 308 |
No. of fillings | 553 | 1,278 | 637 | 1,323 | 234 | 1,562 |
No. of root fillings | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
No. of inlays | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
Scalings and gum treatment | 148 | . | 156 | . | 72 | . |
Silver nitrate treatment | . | 758 | . | 791 | . | 1,165 |
Dressings | 133 | 560 | 141 | 547 | 81 | 752 |
Other operations | 40 | 159 | 20 | 207 | 11 | 106 |
No. of Radiographs: | ||||||
(a) at County Council clinics | 10 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
(6) at hospital | . | . | . | . | 2 | . |
Denture dressings | 100 | . | 168 | . | 73 | . |
Dentures fitted: | ||||||
(a) full | 17 | . | 14 | . | 5 | . |
(6) partial | 22 | . | 45 | . | 14 | . |
No. of attendances | 930 | 1,732 | 1,133 | 1,827 | 468 | 2,114 |
No. of appointments not kept No. of A days de | 258 | 349 | 321 | 326 | 170 | 306 |
voted to treatment | 343 | 365 | 300 |