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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
Bermondsey 1921
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1921
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TABLE II.
Dental Treatment of Children.
Number referred
for Treatment.
Number Treated.
Number of Children treated by
Appliances for Irregularities.
Number of
Administrations
of Anæsthetics.
Number of Fillings.
Age.
Number of Extractions.
Local.
5 and under
90
82
General.
over 5
37
35
127
117
75
67
Totals
33
5
511
TABLE III.
Dental Treatment carried out during 1921.
Number of Patients examined
Number of Patients Treated
Number of Extractions
Number of
Administrations
of Anæsthetics
Number of Repairs to Dentures
Number of Root Treatments
Number of Scalings
Number of Dentures Fitted
Number of Crowns
Number of Fillings
Number of Visits for Treatment
Local
General
Maternity Cases
234
204
1047
120
151
91
35
29
108
17
24
Tuberculosis
Cases
24
155
8
37
1
6
10
5
Other Cases*
249
234
80
52
24
84
13
2
1111
107
147
Totals including
Children
310
58
198
2
680
579
2824
248
30
2183
368
88
*Including 38 men and 26 young girls.
TABLE II.
| Age. | Number referred for Treatment. | Number Treated. | Number of Extractions. | Number of Administrations of Anæsthetics. | Number of Fillings. | Number of Children treated by Appliances for Irregularities. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 and under | 90 | 82 | General. | Local. | |||
| over 5 | 37 | 35 | |||||
| Totals | 127 | 117 | 511 | 75 | 33 | 67 | 5 |
TABLE III. Dental Treatment carried out during 1921.
| Number of Patients examined | Number of Patients Treated | Number of Extractions | Number of Administrations of Anæsthetics | Number of Fillings | Number of Root Treatments | Number of Scalings | Number of Dentures Fitted | Number of Repairs to Dentures | Number of Crowns | Number of Visits for Treatment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | Local | |||||||||||
| Maternity Cases | 234 | 204 | 1047 | 120 | 151 | 91 | 35 | 29 | 108 | 17 | ||
| Tuberculosis Cases | 24 | 24 | 155 | 8 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Other Cases* | 249 | 234 | 1111 | 107 | 147 | 80 | 52 | 24 | 84 | 13 | 2 | |
| Totals including Children | 680 | 579 | 2824 | 310 | 368 | 248 | 88 | 58 | 198 | 30 | 2 | 2183 |