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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| 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 | 133 | 14 | - | 9 | - | 10 | 30 | 179 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | 22 | 64 | 9 |
| Children | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men | 73 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 59 | 10 | 9 | - | - | - | 13 | 51 | 5 |
| Total | 206 | 17 | - | 9 | - | 10 | 39 | 238 | 17 | 14 | - | - | - | 35 | 115 | 14 |
| No. of Ordinary sessions held | 21 | |||||||||||||||
| No. of Gas ,, „ | 19 | |||||||||||||||
Voluntary:—
Mission Hall, Carr Street. Tuesday afternoons 2 p.m.
Stepney Infant Welfare Centre Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
and Babies' Nursing Home, 10.30 to 12.30 (Light treatment).
587, Commercial Road. Monday afternoons.
Thursdays 10 to 12 noon (Dental)
Friday afternoons.
The Memorial Hall, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons
High Street, Shadwell. 2 p.m.
Jewish Infant Welfare Centre, Monday and Wednesday afternoons.
Bernhard Baron Settlement,
Berner Street.
| Women | 644 | 56 | - | 43 | - | 18 | 154 | 1054 | 49 | 46 | - | - | 4 | 113 | 291 | 70 |
| Children | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 94 | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | - | 19 |
| Total | 694 | 56 | - | 43 | - | 18 | 175 | 1148 | 49 | 46 | - | - | 4 | 137 | 291 | 89 |
| No. of Ordinary sessions held | 30 | |||||||||||||||
| No. of gas | 35 | |||||||||||||||