London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Enfield 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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| Permanent Teeth | 915 |
| Temporary Teeth | 6,361 |
| TOTAL | 7,276 |
| (8) Administration of general anesthetics for extractions | 545 |
| (9) Other Operations:— | |
| (a) Permanent Teeth | 1,623 |
| (b) Temporary Teeth | 267 |
| TOTAL (a) and (b) | 1,890 |
The number of children referred to the Orthodontic Clinic,
Bowes Road, was 40.
OPHTHALMIC CLINIC
Total attendances 2,542
Number of children attending 1,433
New cases 440
Prescriptions for glasses 729
Attendances for other than refraction 27
Children requiring operative treatment for squint 5
Children requiring other hospital treatment 9
ORTHOPTIC CLINIC
Total attendances 1,649
Number of children attending 233
New cases 177
Number of cases discharged 34
During the year twenty-one children had operation for squint
at the Western Ophthalmic Hospital and subsequent courses of
treatment at the clinic.