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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Expectant Mothers | Nursing Mothers | Total | Young Children | |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Cases Examined | 278 | 25 | 303 | 282 |
Re-treated | 60 | 30 | 90 | 71 |
Total | 338 | 55 | 395 | 353 |
Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Young Children | |||
Attendances | 875 | 689 | ||
Fillings | 245 | 218 | ||
Extractions | 338 | 428 | ||
Gas cases | 117 | 170 | ||
Local Anaesthesia | 73 | 3 | ||
Scaling and Gum Treatment | 134 | - | ||
Dressings | 202 | 264 | ||
Denture Dressings | 148 | - | ||
Silver Nitrate | - | 120 | ||
Treatment Completed | 201 | 242 |
Number of Sessions (treatment) 390
Dentures Fitted 51
Dentures Repaired 4
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 | 395 | - | South Croydon | - | 1 | |
Municipal | St. Alban's | - | ||||
Midwives | 12 | - | Woodside | - | - | |
Post Natal | 3 | - | Norbury | - | 4 | |
Welfare Centres: | Addington | - | 19 | |||
Municipal | - | 1 | St. Andrew' s | - | - | |
East Croydon | - | 1 | Waddon | . | - | |
Upper Norwood | - | - | Boston Road | . | 3 | |
Holy Trinity | - | - | St. Jude's | - | 2 | |
St. Oswald's | - | - | St. John's | |||
Bensham Manor | - | - | (Shirley) | - | - | |
Fairchildes | - | - | Monks Hill | - | 2 | |
Good Shepherd | - | 1 | Crossfield Nursery | - | - | |
Falconwood | - | - | Referred by | |||
West Croydon | - | - | Dental officers: | - | 318 | |
South Norwood | - | 1 | ||||
Mothers: | 410 | Young Children: | 353 | Total: | 76 3 |