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Holborn 1926

Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health

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The Secretary of the Hospital has kindly supplied the following information
of the work at the Clinic during the year 1926:—

Summary of Work carried out at Dental Clinic, 10, John Street, Holborn, on TuesdayEvenings, during 1926.

Number of sessions held43
Number of patients' attendances647
Number of fillings47
Number of scalings9
Number of extraction casesWithout anæsthetic2
With local anæsthetic80
With gas56
Number of teeth extracted386
Number of dentures (including repairs)51
Number of dressing70
Number of advice78
Number of denture visits224
Number of new patients120

Cancer.
During the year 1926, 63 deaths were recorded as due to cancer, equal to a
rate of 1.46 per thousand. In the year 1906 the death rate from cancer in the
Borough was 1.16; in 1915, 1.41; the decennial average rate was 1.13 for the 10
years 1906-1915, and 1.37 for the 10 years 1916-1925.
It will thus be seen that there is apparently an increase in the cancer death
rate, and although some part of this increase, if not all, may reasonably be
attributed to improved facilities for diagnosis, the figures, nevertheless, indicate
the seriousness of and high mortality from malignant diseases.
No certain cure has yet been found and the best hope at present is in the
direction of early diagnosis and surgical treatment.
During the year the distribution was continued of a special leaflet giving
information as to the early signs and symptoms of cancer. Arrangements were
also continued for this leaflet to be placed in "Please Take One" boxes in the
Public Libraries, the Public Health Office, and the underground conveniences for
both men and women. A large number of the leaflets were so distributed ana it is
hoped that in this way a large part of the day as well as the resident, population
was reached.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Notification of Births.
During the year 330 births were registered as occurring in the Borough.
During the same period 311 notifications of births occurring in the Borough were
received. Of these 294 were from doctors and midwives, 17 from parents.
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