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Romford 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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(vii) Dental Service.
This service is, unfortunately, one which has not developed to
the extent we desired. Our original intention was to employ 5
Dentists, and for each to devote 20% of his or her time to dental
work as required by Expectant and Nursing Mothers, and Children
under school age, but, as we had only 2 School Dentists available
on July 5th, it was felt that the best that we could do would be to
allow each to give 1 Session per week to this particular branch of
the work. By the end of the year, however, one of the School
Dentists resigned, and the whole of the school work had, therefore,
to be undertaken by the 1 remaining Dentist. Nevertheless, a token
service has been maintained for the Maternity and Child Welfare
patients, and this is being operated on 2 sessions per fortnight.
The following gives particulars of the service given to Expectant
and Nursing Mothers, and Children under 5 years of age, not
attending school:—
Table 8.
| Mothers. | Children | |
|---|---|---|
| Number treated | 14 | 19 |
| Number of attendances | 52 | 23 |
| Number of fillings | 42 | — |
| Number of extractions | 124 | 34 |
| Number of general anaesthetics | 18 | 19 |
| Number of local anaesthetics | 20 | — |
| Number of scalings | 4 | — |
| Number of impressions | 1 | — |
| Number of other operations | 7 | — |
3.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
(i) Water.
Mr. H. G. Ramsey, Chief Engineer of the South Essex Waterworks
Company has kindly given me the following report, with
regard to the water supply of the district:—
"(a) There have been no new extensions of public water supply
during the year 1948, other than those necessitated by the supply
to the temporary and permanent housing and industrial sites, as
under:—
9" 6" 4" 3"
Gobions Estate — 154 yds. 1,093 yds. -
Havering Park Estate — 604 yds. 1,177 yds. 50 yds.
Industrial Site,
Eastern Avenue — 102 yds. — —
L.C.C. Estate
Harold Hill 16 yds. 2,133 yds. 3,642 yds. 1,186 yds.
Totals 16 yds. 2,993 yds. 5,912 yds. 1,236 yds.
Total length of all diameters=10,157 yds., of which 6,977 yds.
laid for L.C.C. Estate, Harold Hill.