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Paddington 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Arrangements have also been made for the supply of dentures by the Dispensary Committee.
In connection therewith 3 patients were supplied with partial dentures, and in
2 cases repairs to dentures were effected. Out of a total cost of £13 14s. 0d., grants to the
amount of £4 3s. Od. were made by the Council, the balance being contributed by the
patients, approved societies or other agencies.
When patients are able to contribute towards the cost of their dentures, arrangements
are usually made for payment to be accepted by instalments.
Particulars of the dental work done during the year are shown in the subjoined table. Summary of Dental Treatment for the Year 1931.
| Particulars of Patients. | Number of Fillings. | Number of Scalings. | Extraction Cases. | Dentures. | No. of Dressings. | No. for Advice | Denture Visits. | No. of New Patients. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Without An aesthetic. | Local Administration | Gas Administration | Number of teeth extracted | Upper. | Lower. | Re-models. | Repairs. | |||||||||
| Number of Attendances. | Simple Root. | |||||||||||||||
| Women | 126 | 64 | 1 | 8 | — | 4 | 16 | 50 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 17 |
| Children | 141 | 32 | 1 | 2 | — | 9 | 44 | 107 | — | — | 3 | 57 | — | 16 | ||
| Men | 30 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 13 | 8 | 9 |
| Total | 297 | 96 | 2 | 10 | — | 18 | 62 | 176 | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 6 | 95 | 23 | 41 |
Number of Sessions held = 43.
In addition to the dentures supplied at the Talbot Road Dispensary, full dentures
were supplied to a patient receiving treatment in a sanatorium, the cost, amounting to
£5 10s 0d., being borne in equal shares by the patient's approved Society and the Council.
DISPENSARY TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS.
For administrative purposes the Borough is divided into two dispensary areas, the line of
division passing down Inverness Terrace, Porchester Road, Ranelagh Road, Formosa Street
to its junction with Shirland Road, and Shirland Road to its junction with Kilburn Park Road.
The portion of the Borough to the east of this line is served by the St. Mary's Hospital
Dispensary, and the portion to the west of the line by the Paddington Tuberculosis
Dispensary.
Paddington Tuberculosis Dispensary, 20,Talbot Road.
This is a voluntary agency supported by voluntary subscriptions, and a grant from the
Paddington Borough Council which last year amounted to £1438. A full account of the Dispensary
and its activities will be found in the annual reports for 1924 and 1925.
Artificial sunlight treatment of patients was carried on during the year, but such treatment
is not recognised as part of the approved scheme by the Ministry of Health and the London
County Council.
During 1931, 45 patients received treatment, 994 exposures being given. All that can
be said so far of this treatment is that the results are encouraging.
Arrangements are now in force for the X-ray examination of patients, through the
services of a consulting Radiologist who resides close to the Dispensary.
In November, 1931 a class for the manufacture of hand-made gloves by tuberculous
woman was opened at the Dispensary under the auspices of the Central Fund for the
Industrial Welfare of Tuberculous Persons. The class is held every Wednesday afternoon
and is attended by suitable patients from Kensington and St. Marylebone in addition to
those from Paddington. At the close of the year this new venture showed every sign of
proving a success.