Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Summary of the Work Done.
Tables I, II and III summarise the work which was done at the dental hospital
during 1934. The corresponding figures for 1933 will be found in the report for that
year.
Table I.—I nspection and Treatment of Children.
No. of primary examinations | No. of 1st Attendances for Course of Treatment. | No. of extractions (teeth). | Local Anæsthetics. | General Anæsthetics. | No. of Fillings. | No. of Scalings. | No. of Orthodontic plates fitted. | Orthodontic visits. | No. of Surgical Operations. | No. of other Operations. | No. of visits. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Complete. | Temporary. | 1st (a). | Subsequent (b). | |||||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | |||
Up to 2 yrs. | 7 | 6 | 10 | ... | 3 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 |
Over 2 ,, | 29 | 26 | 91 | ... | 25 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 68 |
Over 3 ,, | 108 | 98 | 314 | ... | 83 | 70 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 | 215 |
Over 4 ,, | 130 | 128 | 411 | 1 | 113 | 80 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 269 |
School children | 88 | 51 | 169 | 15 | 39 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 99 | 1 | 94 | 292 |
Total | 362 | 309 | 995 | 16 | 263 | 227 | 33 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 99 | 1 | 131 | 857 |
Table II.— I nspection and Treatment of Adults.
No. of primary examinations | No. of 1st attendances for Course of Treatment. | No. of Extractions (teeth) | Local Anæsthetics. | General Anæsthetics. | No. of Fillings. | No. of Scalings. | No. of dentures fitted. | No. of repairs to dentures. | No. of Surgical Operations. | No. of other Operations. | No. of Visits. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Complete. | Temporary. | ||||||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | ||
Women referred from M.C.W. centres | 251 | 205 | 1949 | 14 | 336 | 85 | 15 | 58 | 158 | 17 | 9 | 733 | 1545 |
Other Women | 372 | 264 | 1393 | 49 | 246 | 109 | 42 | 32 | 184 | 48 | 4 | 810 | 1717 |
Adolescents (half-rate cases) | |||||||||||||
Female | 46 | 33 | 92 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 21 | 128 |
Male | 35 | 28 | 73 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 6 | 70 |
Men | 293 | 224 | 1135 | 74 | 175 | 91 | 17 | 39 | 181 | 67 | 4 | 629 | 1450 |
Tuberculous | 12 | 8 | 59 | 4 | 10 | 9 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 26 | 61 |
Total (including Children, Table I) | 1371 | 1071 | 5696 | 180 | 1077 | 566 | 114 | 136 | 552 | 133 | 19 | 2356 | 5828 |