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Bermondsey 1924

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1924

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Table II. —Dental Treatment carried on during 1924.
Number of patients examined.
Number of patients treated.
Number of extractions.
Number of
Administrations of
Anæsthetic.
Number of fillings including
root fillings.
Number of scalings.
Number of other operations.
Number of dentures fitted.
Number of repairs to dentures.
Number of crowns.
Number of visits.
Local.
General.
302
264
1,179
172
136
33
12
134
38
.
902
1
1,269
Maternity cases
30
267
131
114
Women
483
464
1,234
82
35
19
156
Unmarried girls
(16-20)
125
82
77
18
3
128
219
29
10
8
.
269
Men
385
379
724
18
3
42
93
28
26
117
56
.
904
Tuberculosis cases
cases
108
89
19
424
12
.
345
48
40
5
61
14
Total including
children Table I.
1,819
1,544
5,239
967
636
463
117
450
221
1
4,400
100
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
Scheme for the Treatment of Tuberculosis for the Financial Year
commencing 1st April, 1925.
The Ministry of Health and the County Council have requested
this Council to submit a scheme for the treatment of tuberculosis
for the financial year commencing 1st April, 1925. I beg to submit
the following report, which embodies all the points alluded to in
the letter from the County Council. The following is the staff concerned
with the work of Tuberculosis in the Borough :—

Table II.—Dental Treatment carried on during 1924.

Number of patients examined.Number of patients treated.Number of extractions.Number of Administrations of Anæsthetic.Number of fillings including root fillings.Number of scalings.Number of other operations.Number of dentures fitted.Number of repairs to dentures.Number of crowns.Number of visits.
Local.General.
Maternity cases3022641,17917213633301213438.902
Women4834641,23426713182351915611411,269
Unmarried girls (16-20)128125219822977101838.269
Men385379724184293282611756.904
3
Tuberculosis cases cases108894246148191412405.345
Total including children Table I.1,8191,5445,23996763646311710045022114,400