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Hampstead 1923
Report for the year 1923 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis Dispensary established and controlled by the
Borough Council. Sessions held at the Dispensary, 73,
Dynham Road.
Venereal Diseases.
Clinics arranged by London County Council; no clinic situated
in the Borough.
Dental Clinics.
One in connection with Infant Welfare Centres, established and
controlled by the Hampstead Council of Social Welfare.
One in connection with Pre-Maternity Clinics and one in
connection with Tuberculosis Dispensary. Both these latter
established and controlled by the Borough Council.
Summary of work carried out at Hampstead Borough Council's Dental Clinics during 1923.
| Maternity | Tuberculosis. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Sessions held | 51 | 44 | |
| Patients Attendances | 387 | 25 | |
| Number of Fillings | 71 | 6 | |
| Number of Scalings | 50 | 2 | |
| Extraction cases | Number of teeth extracted | 342 | 16 |
| With Gas | 29 | 4 | |
| With Local Anæsthetic | 85 | 1 | |
| Without Anæsthetic | — | 1 | |
| Number of Dentures (including repairs) | 39 | 3 | |
| Number of Dressings and Root treatment . | 11 | 1 | |
| Number for Advice | 47 | 4 | |
Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Borough Council or by
the London County Council.
(1) Tuberculosis. The Borough Council possess the right to use two
endowed beds at the Mount Vernon Hospital at Northwood; and two
beds at the Hampstead General Hospital, Haverstock Hill, Hampstead,
which latter would be available for surgical tuberculosis.
Residential Institutional Treatment provided by the London County
Council.
(2) Maternity. The Borough Council pays a subsidy per case for
every Hampstead woman confined in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, and
in return receives letters of admission. 75 Hampstead women were
confined in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in 1923.