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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
Bexley 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Summary of Work done in 1946.
| Expectant Mothers | Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. referred to and appointments made | |||
| for Dental Clinic by a M.O. | 438 | 73 | 189 |
| No. found to be in need of treatment. | 274 | 45 | 160 |
| No. who received treatment | 262 | 43 | 138 |
| No. made dentally fit | 162 | 68 | 96 |
| No. of treatments :— | |||
| (a) Fillings— | 226 | ||
| (1) In temporary teeth | — | — | |
| (2) In permanent teeth | 362 | 100 | — |
| (b) Teeth extracted | 397 | 98 | 174 |
| (c) Administrations of General anaesthesia | 23 | 14 | 71 |
| (d) Administrations of local anaesthesia | 151 | 31 | 9 |
| Patients supplied with dentures | 34 | 34 | — |
| Dentures supplied | 47 | 48 | — |
| No. of scalings and gum treatment | 400 | 53 | 143 |
(ii) INSTITUTIONAL PROVISION FOR MOTHERS,
(a) Maternity Home.
The Home has continued as a training school for the
State Certified Midwives Part II Examination.
Priority admission is given to primiparæ, previous or
expected abnormal cases, cases from overcrowded homes and
unmarried mothers.
Statistics.
No. of patients in Home, 1st January, 1946 .19
No. of patients admitted during 1946 637
No. of patients discharged during 1946 636
No. of patients died during 1946 Nil
No. of patients remaining, 31st December, 1946 20
No. of patient days 8,354
Average duration of stay in days 13.11
No. of cases delivered by nursing staff (midwives) 496
No. of cases delivered by doctors 139
No. of cases delivered before patients admitted to Home 2
No. of primiparæ 293
No. of multiparas 344
Twin pregnancies 12
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