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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
Croydon 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Considering the difficulties under which dental treatment is carried out, and the fact that some patients when called up do not feel fit, and treatment has to be postponed for sometimes a week or even longer, the statistics for the year are very gratifying.
| Males | 1932 | 1931 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||
| Number examined | 43 | 55 | 98 | 53 | 23 | 76 |
| Referred for Treatment | 38 | 36 | 74 | 50 | 21 | 71 |
| Treated | 30 | 31 | 61 | - | - | - |
| Attendances | 147 | 201 | 348 | 103 | 51 | 154 |
| Extractions | 93 | 138 | 231 | 97 | 46 | 143 |
| Fillings | 18 | 38 | 56 | 27 | 15 | 42 |
| Dressings | 12 | 19 | 31 | 38 | 12 | 50 |
| Scalings and gum treatments | 31 | 32 | 63 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| Denture dressings | 51 | 37 | 88 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Dentures fitted | 9 | 11 | 20 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Sessions: 39 | Sessions: 22 | |||||
Table LXV.
(a) Return showing the work of the Dispensary.
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| A.-New Cases examined during the year (excluding contacts): | 1 | ||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 116 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 129 | 97 | b | 8 | 240 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 4 | b | 21 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 92 | 111 | 56 | 32 | 291 |
| B-Contacts examined during year | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| (c) Non-tuberculous | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 78 | 173 | 82 | 115 | 448 |
| C-Cases written off the Dispensary Register as:- | |||||||||||||
| (a) Recovered | 23 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 32 | 25 | 19 | 35 | 36 | 115 |
| (b) Non-tuberculous (including any such cases previously diagnosed and entered on the Dispensary Register as tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 179 | 307 | 143 | 149 | 778 |
| D.-Number of Cases on Dispensary Register on December 31st | |||||||||||||
| (a) Definitely tuberculous | 419 | 333 | 15 | 25 | 36 | 41 | 75 | 62 | 455 | 374 | 1 90 | 87 | 1006 |
| (b) Diagnosis not completed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 |