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Tower Hamlets 1968

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

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Table: TABLE 19CERVICAL CYTOLOGY

TABLE 19

CERVICAL CYTOLOGY

PremisesNumberSessionsExaminations
Council Clinics3147937
General Practitioners Surgeries141162
Family Planning Clinics2105248
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Thames GroupSubmitted by G.P.sHospital
St. Andrew's Hospital185671
East London Group Mile End Hospital5861,552
Other Hospitals in Group-1,403
London Hospital-6,687 (Residents of all areas)

Table: TABLE 20CHIROPODY

TABLE 20

CHIROPODY

Treated at ClinicsDomiciliary Treatment
New patients during year618229
Total patients at end of year2,135806
Treatments-children241-
-expectant mothers--
-physically and mentally handicapped1052
-aged persons11,3554,771
No. of chiropodists employed10
No. of clinic sessions held1,735
No. of patients treated per clinic session6.7
Percentage of total patients receiving domiciliary treatment27.4
Total No, of treatments 16, 474(plus 911 by Welfare Department in Old People's Homes)

Table: TABLE 21DENTAL TREATMENT FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS

TABLE 21

DENTAL TREATMENT FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS

Expectant MothersChildren
Persons examined15410
No. requiring and offered treatment15310
Visits during the year16589
Courses of completed treatment6153
Teeth extracted75
Teeth filled10556
Emergencies treated--
General anaesthetics given--
No. patients x-rayed24
No. patients treated by scaling etc.5223
Dentures-full1-
-partial3-
No. of sessions for treatment69.3
-do- for health education16
No. of Treatment Centres at end of year8

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