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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
Stepney 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Dental Clinic
SUMMARY OF WORK DONE AT THE DENTAL CLINIC—(a) TUBERCULOSIS.
| Particulars of Patients. | Number of Fillings. | Number of Scalings. | Extraction Cases. | Dentures. | Number of Dressings. | Number for Advice. | Denture Visits. | Number of New Patients. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Attendances. | Simple. | Root. | Without Anaesthetic. | Local Administrations. | Gas Administrations. | Number of Teeth Extracted. | Upper. | Lower. | Re-models. | Repairs. | ||||||
| Women | 104 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 166 | 9 | 9 | — | 2 | 1 | 21 | 48 | 15 |
| Children | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men | 45 | 9 | — | 5 | — | 2 | 7 | 40 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | — | 15 | 13 | 9 |
| Total | 151 | 10 | — | 10 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 208 | 12 | 11 | — | 3 | 1 | 36 | 61 | 24 |
No. of Ordinary sessions held 14
No. of Gas ,, „ 30
(b) MATERNITY.
| Women | 372 | 4 | - | 17 | — | 13 | 123 | 796 | 27 | 27 | — | 7 | 1 | 82 | 139 | 60 |
| Children | 22 | - | - | — | — | 1 | 11 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 8 |
| Total | 394 | 4 | — | 17 | — | 14 | 134 | 836 | 27 | 27 | — | 7 | 1 | 92 | 139 | 68 |
No. of Ordinary sessions held 18
No. of gas „ „ 30