Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Cases X-Rayed.
Cases referred to Mayday Hospital numbered 50 as compared
with 72 in 1935. Children can be referred to the hospital on
certain days only, and consequently many cases in which
immediate X-Ray was required have not been referred. The
children X-Rayed included those suffering from traumatic
injuries of incisor teeth, those who had undergone root canal
treatments and others who had undergone orth0dontic treatments.
The Treatment of Scholarship Children.
Attendances 266 Other operations 31
New cases 83 Scalings 11
Permanent fillings 201 Gas cases 4
Extraction of permanent Local anaesthesia 30
teeth 70 Cases completed 49
Extraction of temporary teeth 10 Root fillings, anterior teeth 3
Scholarship children are treated at all the Clinics.
Summary of work done at The Waldrons Clinic
(Opened November 10th, 1936).
Attendances 470 Other operations 138
Extractions 143 Gas cases 10
Fillings 350 Local anæsthesia 75
Patients treated 116
Sessions held : Inspection 4; Treatment 41; "Gas" 1.
The average attendance at this clinic during the year was 11.4.
1936. 1935.
Attendances 4,798 4,609
Extractions 3,864 4,061
Fillings 2,160 2,033
Patients treated 2,310 2,185
Other operations 1,045 577
"Gas" cases 613 678
Local anæsthesia 1,219 881
New cases 2,775 2,655
Sessions held: Inspection 47; Treatment 418; "Gas' 49.
The average attendance at this clinic during the year was
11.4 (the same as at the Waddon Centre).