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Paddington 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Dental Treatment.—Dental treatment for tuberculous persons attending either of the
Tuberculosis Dispensaries is provided at 20, Talbot Road, by the Committee of the Paddington
Tuberculosis Dispensary, in return for a payment by the Council of the sum of £90 per
annum. A Dental Surgeon is in attendance one half-day weekly.
Arrangements have also been made for the supply of dentures by the Dispensary
Committee. In connection therewith 4 patients were provided with full dentures, 7 with
partial dentures, and in 4 cases repairs to dentures were carried out. The total cost was
£46 9s. Grants amounting to £14 5s. 6d. 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 1932.
| Particulars of Patients. | Number of Fillings. | Number of Scalings. | Extraction Cases. | Dentures. | Number of Dressings. | Number for Advice. | Denture Visits. | Number of New Patients. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Attendances. | Simple. | Root. | Without Anaesthetic. | Local Administration. | Gas Administration. | Number of teeth extracted. | Upper. | Lower. | Re-models. | Repairs. | ||||||
| - | - | - | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | - | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| — | — | |||||||||||||||
Number of Sessions held=46.
In addition to the dentures supplied at the Talbot Road Dispensary, full dentures
were supplied to two patients receiving treatment in sanatoria, the Council contributing
£2 1s. towards the total cost of £11.
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 £1,438. 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 1932, 42 patients received treatment, 761 exposures being given.
Arrangements are now in force for the X-ray examination of patients, through the
services of a consulting Radiologist.