Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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15
Brook Road 492
Wightman Road 317
Highgate 268
Coldfall Sub-Centre 80
1,107
DENTAL CLINIC.
The following is a record for the year of the Dental Clinic for Mothers and Children which was started in 1928:—
| Mothers. | Children. | |
|---|---|---|
| Clinics held | 46 | 42 |
| Old cases | 156 | 146 |
| New cases | 55 | 68 |
| Finished cases | 33 | 46 |
| Total attendances | 111 | 214 |
| Attendances for dentures | 67 | — |
| Gas cases | 36 | 40 |
| Teeth extracted | 241 | 58 |
| Fillings done | 46 | 3 |
| Dentures provided | 12 | — |
| Inspections | 18 | 79 |
| Other treatments (dressings, scaling, gum treatment, etc.) | 14 | 70 |
| Finished cases | 33 | 46 |
MILK (MOTHERS AND CHILDREN) ORDERS. One thousand two hundred and seventy-two applications for milk under this Order were dealt with during the year, of which 1,261 were granted and 11 refused, as follows:—
| 1 pint milk daily free | 1,066 |
| 2 pints „ „ „ | 88 |
| 1 pint „ „ half-price | 41 |
| 2 pints „ | 11 |
| 1 lb. dried milk weekly free | 51 |
| 1½ lbs. „ „ „ „ | 2 |
| 2 lbs. „ „ „ „ | 2 |
| Not granted | 11 |
| 1,272 |