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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DENTAL TREATMENT - M. AND C. W.
| Expectant Mothers | Nursing Mothers | Total | Young Children | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cases Examined | 348 | 32 | 380 | 372 | |
| Re-treated | 75 | 21 | 96 | 106 | |
| 423 | 53 | 476 | 478 | ||
| Young Children | |||||
| Attendances | 1,0452 | 1,104 | |||
| Fillings | 403 | 406 | |||
| Extractions | 580 | 653 | |||
| Gas Cases | 154 | 246 | |||
| Local Anaesthesia | 137 | 19 | |||
| Scaling and Gum Treatment | 207 | - | |||
| Dressings | 319 | 439 | |||
| Denture Dressings | 242 | - | |||
| Silver Nitrate | - | 273 | |||
| Treatment Completed | 321 | 335 | |||
Number of Sessions (treatment) 395
Dentures Fitted 61
Dentures Repaired 13
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-Natal | 452 | - | South Croydon | - | 3 |
| Municipal Midwives | 10 | - | St. Alban* s | . | 2 |
| Woodside | - | 2 | |||
| Post Natal | 1 | - | Norbury | • | 7 |
| Welfare etc. centers: | - | Addington | - | 27 | |
| Municipal | - | 2 | St. Andrew's | - | 1 |
| East Croydon | - | 4 | waddon | - | 1 |
| Upper Norwood | - | - | Boston Road | - | - |
| Holy Trinity | - | - | St. Jude's | 1 | 10 |
| St. Oswald's | - | 3 | St. John's (Shirley) | - | 2 |
| Benshan Manor | _ | _ | |||
| Fairchildes | - | 1 | Monks Hill | - | _ |
| Good Shepherd | - | 2 | Crossfield Nursery | - | - |
| Palconwood | . | 1 | Referred by Dental officers: | 412 | |
| west Croydon | - | 1 | |||
| South Norwood | - | - | |||
| Mothers: 464 Young Children: 481 Total: 945 | |||||