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Edmonton 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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ORTHOPÆDIC CLINIC.
The Clinic is Held twice weekly and the following are the figures for
the year:—
Attendances.
Surgeon's days 403
Treatments given 956
No. of children attending for treatment 621
No. of wedges fitted 186
DENTAL CLINCS.
The following report for the year has been submitted by the Senior
Dental Officer :—
DENTAL REPORT M. & C.W. 1948.
"July of this year marks the end of the Welfare Dental Sessions under
our old system, and the introduction of that required under the National Health
Service Act. A major difference in these two systems and one which has
altered considerably the balance of attendances between adults and children,
is the abolition of our custom of treating mothers right up to the time when
their children became of school age. Many of these mothers and their children
visited me periodically over a number of years, and a kind of family Dental
relationship existed between us, which was to the advantage of all.
I propose, in this report, to divide the year into two halves: (a) The
pre-Act period (January—June) and (b) the Act period (July—December).

Table: (a)It is interesting to compare the figures over the last five years (1944—June 1948) in order to assess the steady progress and growth in popularity of this service. In this comparison I shall not include the later half of 1948 (vide supra para. 2) but shall confine myself to the years 1944— 1947 as full years, and then the first six months of 1947—48.

(a)It is interesting to compare the figures over the last five years (1944—June 1948) in order to assess the steady progress and growth in popularity of this service. In this comparison I shall not include the later half of 1948 (vide supra para. 2) but shall confine myself to the years 1944— 1947 as full years, and then the first six months of 1947—48.

1944194519461947
MothersChildrenM.C.M.C.M.C.
No. of attendances94626086838610974891220618
,, ,, new cases310130310205338245395317
Total number treated918256598360596458714585
„ fillings78-100-95-131-
„ dressings204052362141812371046
„ scalings71-56-47-43-
Extractions (No. of teeth):
(a). General anæsthetics1133174140021015792231594323
(b). Local ,,31-22-13-22-
Total general „34993393131426133504215
Dentures supplied77-61-91-90-
No. of sessions103-94-100-105-