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Croydon 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Such statistics indicate a rise of 17.7 per cent. in those
showing "little decay" during the initial fourteen-year period,
plus an additional improvement of 4.1 per cent. in the subsequent
eighteen months.
Treatment.

Table: The following summary shows particulars of the work accomplished:—

The following summary shows particulars of the work accomplished:—

Expectant Mothers.Nursing Mothers.Total.Young Children.
New Cases Examined733100833376
Re-treated55318667
Total788131919443
Attendances29112273138926
Fillings77329802456
Extractions20131602173362
"Gas" Cases33721358131
Local Anaesthesia46114475117
Scalings and Gum Treatment4082243019
Dressings75814089873
Denture Dressings13191131432—
Silver Nitrate-——739
Treatments Completed37219391306
Number of Sessions (treatment)473
Dentures Fitted260
Dentures repaired27

Table: The centres at which patients were examined, or from which they were referred, are given in the following list:—

The centres at which patients were examined, or from which they were referred, are given in the following list:—

Mothers.Young Children.Mothers.Young Children.
Ante-Natal666—Bensham Manor37
Post-Natal4—St. Andrew's110
Municipal Midwives225—Waddon43
Municipal3251Shirley29
East Croydon633Boston Road2721
Upper Norwood—3St. Stephen's220
West Croydon—5Holy Trinity212
South Norwood83Addington29
South Croydon13Day Nurseries—75
St. Alban's313The Retreat18—
Woodside46Referred by Dental
St. Oswald's117Officers—93
Mothers: 1,011. Young Children: 393. Total: 1,404.