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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

Ealing 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Table: Summary of the Work at the Health Centres.

Summary of the Work at the Health Centres.

Mothers.(1946)(1947)
Expectant Mothers attending Ante-Natal Clinics:—
Attending for the first time2,9362,318
Total attendances15,30314.,789
Nursing mothers attending Post-natal Clinics:—
Attending for the first time135424
Total attendances143468
Children.
Children attending Centres for the first time:—
Under one year of age2,7213,024
One to five years of age376437
Total attendances made by children:—
Under one year of age31,42638,028
One to five years of age12,48312,999

Table: Medical Examination of Pre-School Children.-The number of complete medical examinations of children from one to five years of age are indicated in the following table:—

Medical Examination of Pre-School Children.-The number of complete medical examinations of children from one to five years of age are indicated in the following table:—

Age-GroupNo. of Examinations
1 year to 18 mouths1,371
18 months to 2 years607
2 years to 3 years652
3 years to 4 years579
4 years to 5 years406
3,615

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DENTAL TREATMENT.
The inspection and treatment of expectant and nursing mothers
and children under five years of age, are carried out at each Centre
by the three dentists responsible for this work. One half session
each week is devoted to the work, although urgent cases are treated
immediately. The treatment of mothers involves a large number
of extractions, because in a great many cases decay has advanced
beyond conservative treatment. The number of mothers seen for
the first time totalled 597, a few less than the number in the
previous year. The total number of children treated amounted to
325. This figure is greater by 82 than the number treated in 1946.
The total attendances made at the Centres for all the work carried
out, amounted to 2,397 by mothers, and 678 by children.
The actual work performed consists of extractions, fillings,
gum treatments and fitting artificial dentures for mothers. The
number of permanent teeth removed for extreme decay and sepsis
totalled, 1,355. This figure is smaller than the number of teeth