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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF WORK DONE AX 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 | 113 | 7 | — | 3 | . | 4 | 15 | 72 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 67 | 11 |
| Children | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Men | 59 | — | — | — | . | . | 5 | 16 | 3 | 3 | — | — | . | 14 | 40 | 5 |
| Total | 172 | 7 | — | 3 | — | 4 | 20 | 88 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 107 | 16 |
| No. of Ordinary sessions held 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| No. of Gas „ „ 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| (b) MATERNITY. | ||||||||||||||||
| Women | 569 | 7 | — | 25 | — | 5 | 117 | 739 | 52 | 48 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 94 | 281 | 62 |
| Children | 232 | 1 6 | — | 10 | — | 2 | 77 | 398 | 17 | 15 | 2 | — | — | 44 | 94 | 38 |
| Total | 801 | 13 | — | 35 | . | 7 | 194 | 1137 | 69 | 63 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 138 | 375 | 100 |
No. of Ordinary sessions held 24
No. of gas 26