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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

London County Council 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Hospital dental serviceIn the first six months of the year the Council's hospital dental service carried out the following treatments with the equivalent of nineteen full-time dental surgeons

Hospital dental serviceIn the first six months of the year the Council's hospital dental service carried out the following treatments with the equivalent of nineteen full-time dental surgeons

General HospitalsMental HospitalsOther Special Hospitals
Total No. of sessions3,657810541
No. of patients inspectedInspection13,4787,2052,190
No. requiring treatment12,0074,2821,533
No. of attendances for treatment24,1736,7493,583
First visits for treatment in current year as either in- or out-patient9,3663,3501,297
InstitutionPublic Assistance CasesOut-patients (1st visits)148——
Out-relief443——
Ante-natal cases4,150——
Welfare of Blind cases77——
Others3,112——
No. of teeth extracted16,9444,5271,464
LocalAnaesthetics (Administrations)5,8911,678833
General2,455436128
No. of teeth completely restored by filling7,0247112,240
No. of fillings7,6197342,439
Temporary dressings or fillings, AgNo3 treatments, uncompleted scalings, gum, mouth or jaw treatments, etc.3,729379366
Scalings completed1,9611,174338
Gingivitis or stomatitis treatment completed2944492
AgNO3 treatments completed (teeth)72847
Jaw injuries. Treatment completed91—
Appliances fitted for jaw injuries1222
Patients provided with new artificial dentures918219101
FullNew dentures supplied1,20029492
Partial _3156455
Dentures remodelled31111
Dentures repaired21124244
Other operations1,77460668
Treatment completed5,7882,9081,276