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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
Stepney 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF WORK DONE AT THE DENTAL CLINIC—(a) TUBERCULOSIS.
| Particulars of Patients. | Number of Fillings. | Number of Scalings. | Extraction Cases. | Dentures | Number of Dressings. | Number for Advice. | Denture Visits. | Number of New Patients. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Attendances. | Simple. | .. Root. | Without Anaesthetic. | Local Administrations. | Gas Administrations. | Number of Teeth Extracted. | Upper. | Lower. | Re-models | Repairs. | ||||||
| Women | 131 | 5 | — | 11 | — | 1 | 24 | 130 | 11 | 9 | — | 4 | 6 | 23 | 71 | 13 |
| Children | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Men | 95 | — | — | 6 | — | 2 | 15 | 97 | 7 | 6 | — | 4 | 1 | 16 | 67 | 10 |
| Total | 226 | 5 | — | 17 | — | 3 | 39 | 227 | 18 | 15 | — | 8 | 7 | 39 | 138 | 23 |
| No. of Ordinary sessions held | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| No. of Gas „ „ | 13 | |||||||||||||||
(b) MATERNITY.
| Women | 866 | 40 | — | 103 | — | 48 | 358 | 954 | 61 | 57 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 143 | 380 | 101 |
| Children | 46 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 37 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | — | 23 |
| Total | 912 | 42 | — | 103 | — | 53 | 395 | 1018 | 61 | 57 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 166 | 380 | 124 |
| No. of Ordinary sessions held | 27 | |||||||||||||||
| No. of gas „ „ | 26 | |||||||||||||||