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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Tower Hamlets 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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| CHIROPODY | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Treated at Clinics | Domiciliary Treatment | ||
| New patients during year | 592 | ||
| Total patients at end of year | 798 | ||
| Treatments - children | 153 | - | |
| - expectant mothers | - | - | |
| - physically and mentally handicapped | 58 | 2 | |
| - aged persons | 11,721 | 4, 043 | |
| No. of chiropodists employed | |||
| No. of clinic sessions held 1,695 | 1,695 | ||
| No. of patients treated per clinic session 7.1 | 7.1 | ||
| Percentage of total patients receiving domiciliary treatment 23.4 | 23.4 | ||
| Total no. of treatments 15. 977 (plus 1.147 by Welfare Department in Old People's Homes) | |||
| DENTAL TREATMENT FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers | Children | ||
| Persons examined | 27 | 442 | |
| No. requiring and offered treatment | 25 | 374 | |
| Visits during the year | 56 | 829 | |
| Courses of completed treatment | 15 | 252 | |
| Teeth extracted | 13 | 12 | |
| Teeth filled | 46 | 667 | |
| Emergencies treated | - | 5 | |
| General anaesthetics given | - | - | |
| No. patients x-rayed | 4 | 3 | |
| No. patients treated by scaling etc. | 17 | 259 | |
| Dentures - full - partial | 3 3 | " | |
| No. of sessions for treatment | 104 | ||
| -do- for health education | 14 | ||
| No. of Treatment Centres at end of year | 8 | ||
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