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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

Walthamstow 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: Herewith is a summary of the work done during the years 1951 and 1952

Herewith is a summary of the work done during the years 1951 and 1952

19511952
Number of patients treated290731
Appointments made36844872
Appointments kept33354431
Fillings11291591
Scalings232317
Dressings516685
Extractions730929
General Anaesthetics279285
Local Anaesthetics163280
Impressions539527
Bites166179
Try-ins170175
Dentures supplied311220

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Dental Laboratory
Below is appended a list of the appliances completed in the
Dental Laboratory for the General Dental Service during 1952:—
New Dentures 226 Repairs 166
Orthodontic Appliances 2 Inlays 2
Crowns 6
During the year the following appliances were completed for
the Walthamstow and Lcyton Committees for Education :
Walthamstow Leylon
Orthodontic Appliances 170 47
Dentures 80 -
Crowns 27 -
Inlays 3 -
Repairs 39 7
In addition to the above, the following appliances were completed
for the Regional Hospital Board:—
Bite splint appliances for correction of
temporo-mandibular disorders 4
Adjustments to same 8
Dentures 3
The following appliances were completed for Maternity and
Child Welfare Patients: —
Dentures 16
Orthodontic Appliances 1
Crowns 2
The copper depositing outfit installed during 1951 has proved
most effective in producing perfect replicas for the production of
jacket and post crowns.