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Tower Hamlets 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 18CERVICAL CYTOLOGY

TABLE 18

CERVICAL CYTOLOGY

PremisesNumberSessionsExaminations
Council Clinics31581,510
General Practitioners Surgeries138126
Family Planning Clinics2211128
Other Slides read in Hospital Laboratories
Thames Group HospitalsSubmitted by G. P. sHospital
St. Andrew's Hospital208695
Other Hospitals in Group-130
East London Group Hospitals
Mile End Hospital6562, 126
Other Hospitals in Group.1,581
London Hospital-6, 571 (Residents of all areas)

Table: TABLE 19CHIROPODY

TABLE 19

CHIROPODY

Treated at ClinicsDomiciliary Treatments
New patients during year356120
Total patients at end of year1, 626683
Treatments - children209-
- expectant mothers2-
- physically handicapped10-
- aged persons10,8845, 497
No. of chiropodists employed11
No. of clinic sessions held1, 770
No. of patients treated per clinic session6.3
Percentage of total patients receiving domiciliary treatment29.5
(Total No. of treatments 16, 602 (plus 1,107 by Welfare Department in Old People's Homes)

Table: TABLE 20DENTAL TREATMENT FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS

TABLE 20

DENTAL TREATMENT FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS

Expectant MothersChildren
Persons examined5155
No. requiring and offered treatment372
Visits during the year8325
Courses of completed treatment174
Teeth extracted3-
Teeth filled9132
Emergencies treated--
General anaesthetics given--
No. patients x-rayed--
No. patients treated by scaling etc.252
Dentures - full--
- partial--
No. of sessions for treatment47.5
- do- for health education10-
No. of treatment centres at end of year4

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