London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1922
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1922
This page requires JavaScript
Table II.—Dental Treatment of Children.
Number referred
for treatment.
Number refusing
treatment.
Number of Extractions.
Number of
Administrations
of Anæsthetics.
Number of Fillings.
Number treated for
Regulations.
Number of Appliances
Fitted.
Number of Visits for
Treatment.
Age.
5 and under
4
General.
Local.
104
Over 5
101
0
Totals
2
4
205
4
762
135
132
255
22
Table III.—Dental Treatment carried out during 1922.
Number of Patients Examined.
Number of Patients Treated.
Number of Extractions.
Number of
Administrations
of Anæsthetics.
Number of Dressings.
Number of Fillings.
Number of Scalings and Gum
Treatments.
Number of Dentures Fitted.
Number of Repairs to Dentures.
Number of Crowns.
Number of Visits.
General.
Local.
323
1,551
94
96
24
..
314
180
24
Maternity Cases
313
8
1,334
Unmarried Girls
(16 to 20 years)
64
64
97
14
1
24
42
8
3
6
2
165
Men
197
193
24
208
25
47
51
762
17
5
20
630
1,391
Women
275
273
249
34
27
87
32
152
1,101
34
..
55
41
Tuberculosis
Cases
5
..
239
18
49
3
24
11
184
..
Totals (including
Children—
Table II)
81
1,086
1,117
72
4,802
372
357
6
883
82
*400
3,872
Including 1 obturator and 8 remakes.
Table II.—Dental Treatment of Children.
| Age. | Number referred for treatment. | Number refusing treatment. | Number of Extractions. | Number of Administrations of Anæsthetics. | Number of Fillings. | Number treated for Regulations. | Number of Appliances Fitted. | Number of Visits for Treatment. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 and under | 104 | 4 | General. | Local. | |||||
| Over 5 | 101 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 205 | 4 | 762 | 135 | 22 | 132 | 2 | 4 | 255 |
Table III.—Dental Treatment carried out during 1922.
| Number of Patients Examined. | Number of Patients Treated. | Number of Extractions. | Number of Administrations of Anæsthetics. | Number of Dressings. | Number of Fillings. | Number of Scalings and Gum Treatments. | Number of Dentures Fitted. | Number of Repairs to Dentures. | Number of Crowns. | Number of Visits. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General. | Local. | |||||||||||
| Maternity Cases | 323 | 314 | 1,551 | 94 | 313 | 8 | 96 | 24 | 180 | 24 | .. | 1,334 |
| Unmarried Girls (16 to 20 years) | 64 | 64 | 97 | 14 | 42 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 165 |
| Men | 197 | 193 | 762 | 24 | 208 | 25 | 47 | 17 | 51 | 20 | 5 | 630 |
| Women | 275 | 273 | 1,391 | 87 | 249 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 152 | 27 | .. | 1,101 |
| Tuberculosis Cases | 55 | 41 | 239 | 18 | 49 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 11 | .. | .. | 184 |
| Totals (including Children— Table II) | 1,117 | 1,086 | 4,802 | 372 | 883 | 82 | 357 | 81 | *400 | 72 | 6 | 3,872 |