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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
Beckenham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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Number of extractions:—
Permanent teeth 506
Temporary 3190
Total Extractions 3696
Dressings 612
Siver Nitrate 843
Scalings 56
Regulation Plates 11
Nitrous Oxide Administrations 935
Local injections 705
My thanks are due to Dr. Marsh and Dr. Friedlander for the
administration of Nitrous Oxide, to Miss Monck for her valuable
assistance and to the School Nurses who assist at anaesthetic
sessions.
I am indebted to the Head Teachers for their help and cooperation
during the year and wish to accord to them my thanks.
The dental service of the Borough owes much of its success to the
interest they take in the dental health of the scholars entrusted
to their care.
Robert A. Waters, L.D.S., R.C.S. (Eng.)
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