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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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DENTAL TREATMENT - H. AND C. W.
| Expectant Mothers | Nursing Mother | Total | Young Children. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cases Examined | 281 | 19 | 300 | 269 | ||
| Re-treated | 62 | 33 | 95 | 99 | ||
| Total | 343 | 52 | 395 | 368 | ||
| Young Children. | ||||||
| Attendances | 944 | 595 | ||||
| Fillings | 321 | 178 | ||||
| Extractions | 331 | 310 | ||||
| Gas Cases | 78 | 148 | ||||
| Local Anaesthesia | 131 | 6 | ||||
| Scaling and Gum Treatment | 222 | - | ||||
| Dressings | 163 | 166 | ||||
| Denture Dressings | 207 | - | ||||
| Silver Nitrate | - | 162 | ||||
| Treatment Completed | 157 | 176 | ||||
Number of Sessions (treatment) 347
Dentures Fitted 47
Dentures Repaired 7
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ant e-Natal | 346 | South Norwood | 1 | ||
| Municipal | _ | South Croydon | _ | 1 | |
| Midwives | 17 | St. Alban' s | 3 | ||
| Post Natal | 4 | Woodside | - | 1 | |
| Norbury | 1 | ||||
| Municipal | 1 | Addington | 12 | ||
| East Croydon | 2 | St. Andrew's | |||
| Upper Norwood | - | Waddon | |||
| Holy Trinity | Boston Road | 1 | |||
| St. Oswald's | 1 | St. Jude's | - | ||
| Bensham Manor | - | - | St. John's(shirley) | - | |
| Pairchildes | - | Monks Hill | - | 6 | |
| Good Shepherd | - | - | Crosfield Nursery | - | 1 |
| Falconwood | - | Referred by | |||
| West Croydon | 1 | Dental Officers: | 336 | ||
| Mothers: 367 Young Children: 368 Total: 735 | |||||