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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
East Ham 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
Details of the dental work done for the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres are shown in the following table:-
| No. of Sessions devoted to treatment. | No. of Attendances. | No. of Permanent Teeth. | No. of Temporary Teeth. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Extracted | Pilled | Extracted | Pilled | |
| 39 | 106 | 210 | 144 | 52 | 211 | 48 |
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| Total No. of Extractions | Total No. of Fillings | No. of Administrations of General Anaesthetics | No. of other Operations. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent Teeth. | Temporary Teeth. | |||
| 355 | 100 | 12 | 77 | 55 |
(i) The Light Clinic.
The following table furnishes a brief summary of the cases treated by general and local irradiation throughout the year:-
| Number of Children Treated (General) 34 |
| Number of Children Treated (Local) 1 |
| Number of Attendances (General) 2450 |
| Number of Attendances (Local) 42 |
| Number of Attendances (Local & General) 2492 |
OPEN-AIR EDUCATION.
Residential Open-Air Schools.
The following statistical table gives particulars of the
number of children admitted to these schools during the year 1940:-
PARTICULARS OP THE NUMBER OP CHILDREN WHO WERE RESIDENT IN SCHOOLS OF RECOVERY BETWEEN 1st JANUARY AND 31st DECEMBER 1940 AND THE PERIODS OP THEIR STAY BETWEEN THOSE
| SCHOOL. | NO. OP MONTHS. | totals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | b | g | |
| Ogilvie | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| I.C.A.A. (hdots. ) | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| St. Catherines. | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| St. Dominic's. | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | |
| Suntrap. | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | l | 1 |
| SCHOOL. | NO. OF WEEKS. | totals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 32 | |||||||||||||||
| B | G | b | g | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | g | B | G | b | G | b | G | B | G | b | g | |
| Russell Cotes. | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 17 | 6 | |