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Tottenham 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Priority Dental Service
The following table shows the work carried out by the dental
officers during the year. The work done during 1951 is also
given for purposes of comparison.

Table: TABLE 5

TABLE 5

19521951
Expectant & Nursing MothersChildren under 5Expect ant & Nursing MothersChildren under 5
No. examined by dental officer226112743879
No. referred for treatment21199242795
New cases commenced treatment17987637715
Cases made dentally fit7766321462
Forms of dental treatment
provided: -
Teeth extracted20087953893
Anaesthetics: -
(a) Local6419210196
(b) General403089275
No. of fillings2341562351005
No. of root fillings--1-
No. of crowns and bridges----
No. of inlays2---
Scalings and gum treatment72-16-
Silver nitrate treatment-1165-944
Dressings817526687
Other operations11106194
No. of Radiographs:-
(a) at County Council Clinics52-2
(b) at hospital2---
Denture dressings73-55-
Dentures fitted:-
(a) full5-6-
(b) partial14-8-
No. of attendances46821141041663
No. of appointments not kept17030623£
No. of ½ days devoted to service379½212

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MIDWIFERY SERVICE (SECTION 23)
During 1952, one of the domiciliary midwives retired and
another retired at the beginning of 1953. A third midwife has
submitted her resignation and will have left the County Council s
service by the end of February 1953, so that the number of midwives
employed has fallen from 15 to 12 in less than a year.