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Extractions were made in two cases, one with a general and. one with a local
anaesthetic.
The Clinic is held by the British Dental Hospital at the Council's Maternity
Centre, 10, John Street, on Tuesday evenings.
General Dental Clinic.
By arrangement with the British Dental Hospital, a Dental Clinic open for
inhabitants and workers in the neighbourhood is held on Tuesday evenings at the
Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, No. 10, John Street.
The Secretary of the Hospital has kindly supplied the following information
of the work at the Clinic during the year 1932: —
Summary of Work carried out at Dental Clinic, 10, John Street, Holborn, on Tuesday
Evenings, during 1931.
Number of sessions held 48
Number of patients' attendances 276
Number of fillings 69
Number of scalings 11
Number { Without anæsthetic 1
extraction cases With local anaesthetic 13
With gas 31
Number of teeth extracted 176
Number of dentures (including repairs) 32
Number of dressings 36
Number for advice 42
Number of denture visits 59
Number of new patients 44
Cancer.
During the year 1932, 71 deaths were recorded as due to Cancer in comparison
with 79 in the previous year. The deaths in 1932 were equal to a rate of 1.95 per
thousand, the corresponding rate in 1931 being 2.29 per thousand. In the year
1912 the death rate from Cancer in the Borough was 1.33, the decennial average
rate was 1.31 for the ten years, 1911-1920, and 1.57 for the ten years, 1922-1931.
It will be seen that the death rate from Cancer in the Borough in 1932 was
lower than in the previous year, being 1.95 per thousand in comparison with 2.29 per
thousand. The rate, however, for one year in districts of comparatively small populations
does not furnish a reliable indication of the prevalence of a particular disease. The decennial
rates which afford much more reliable indication of the seriousness of Cancer show that in the
past 20 years there has apparently been a marked increase in the death rate from this disease,
for while the decennial average for the ten years, 1912-1921 was 1.31 the corresponding rate
for the ten years, 1922-1931, was 1.57. Some part of this increase may reasonably be attributed
to improved facilities for diagnosis. The figures indicate the high mortality from malignant
diseases.