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 East Ham]
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Table 14.
NUMBERS PROVIDED WITH DENTAL CARE, 1949.
Examined | Needing treatment | Treated | Made dentally fit | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Expectant & Nursing Mothers | 374 | 340 | 319 | 220 |
Children under five | 658 | 511 | 507 | 507 |
Table 15.
FORMS OF DENTAL TREATMENT PROVIDED, 1949.
Extractions | Anaesthetics | Killings | Scalings or scaling and gum treatment | Silver Nitrate treatment | Dressings | Radiographs | Dentures provided | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Local | General | Complete | Partial | |||||||
Expectant and Nursing Mothers | 624 | 21 | 90 | 248 | 91 | 57 | 100 | — | — | — |
Children under five | 1,133 | 20 | 241 | 37 | — | 125 | 135 | — | — | — |
Number of births notified during the period 1 /I /49 to 31 /12/49,
under Section 203 of the Public Health Act, 1936, as adjusted by
transferred notifications—live births 1,934 still-births 48, total
1,982.
Number of premature infants notified (1) born at home 31
during the year (including transferred
notifications) whose mothers normally (2) born in hospital
reside in the area:— J or nursing home 78
TABLE 16
Premature babies born in area (whether their mothers normally reside in area or not) excluding those born in maternity homes and hospitals in the National Health Service:—
Born at Home | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Transferred to hospital | Nursed entirely at home | Total | Grand Total | ||||
Died in first 24 hours | Died on 2nd to 7th day | Died on 8th to 28th day | Survived 28 days | ||||
Under 3 lbs. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
3—4 lbs. | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
4—5½ lbs. | 0 | — | 1 | — | 23 | 24 | 30 |
Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 25 | 31 |
Notes:—Th6re arc no maternity homes (not in the National Health Services) or Mother and Baby
Homes in the Borough. Those shewn in table 21 (born outside the area) are additional
to the above.