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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 1939
[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. | Extraction Cases. | Dentures. | Number of Dressings. | Number for Advice. | Denture Visits. | Number of New Patients. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Attendances. | Simple. | Root. | Number of Scalings. | Without Anaesthetic. | Local Administrations. | Gas Ad ministrations. | Number of Teeth Extracted. | Upper. | Lower. | Re-models | Repairs. | |||||
| Males | 41 | 8 | — | 5 | _ | _ | - 1 6 | 2 | 2 | _ | 4 | _ | 7 | 29 | 4 | |
| Females | 90 | 3 | — | 6 | — | — | 7 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 66 | 9 | |
| Children | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 131 | 11 | — | 11 | — | — | 8 | 52 | 10 | 10 | — | 11 | 3 | 26 | 95 | 13 |
No. of Ordinary sessions held 14
No. of Gas „ „ 13
(b) MATERNITY.
| Women | 629 | 9 | — | 47 | — | 8 | 74 | 666 | 48 | 43 | — | 31 | 21 | 101 | 364 | 84 |
| Children | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 101 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 30 | 1 | 28 |
| Total | 686 | 9 | — | 47 | — | 8 | 96 | 767 | 48 | 43 | — | 31 | 24 | 131 | 365 | 112 |
No. of Ordinary sessions held 26
No. of gas „ „ 26