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Walthamstow 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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72
STAFF
A list of the Health Area Staff appears at the begining of
this Report.
HEALTH CENTRES
(Section 21)
HEALTH CENTRE SITES
The general position remains as detailed in the previous reports
i.e., six sites have been defined in the Borough on the basis of one
centre per 20,000 population each to serve an area with a radius
of one mile.
GENERAL DENTAL SERVICE
Mr. L. W. Elmer, L.D.S. and Mr. D. A. Clark, F.D.S. report:—
"The year 1958 has seen a slight reduction in some aspects of
treatment and in the number of sessions carried out compared with
1957. However, this is only to be expected, because, apart from
some illness, one member of the staff resigned and another has been
on study leave.
"Enquiries for treatment continue to outnumber the number
of appointments that can be offered.

"The work carried out in the dental laboratory for the general practitioner service is very similar to last year, and details are given below."

19571958
Number of patients treated953941
Appointments made5,9105,441
„ kept5,3474,938
Plastic fillings5952,3274832,239
Amalgam fillings1,732total1,756total
Inlays810
Crowns3830
Scalings and gum treatments511489
Dressings708617
Extractions861761
General anaesthetics228151
Local anaesthetics575512
X-rays641335
Impressions773775
Bites193202
Try-ins286331
Full upper dentures117128
Full lower dentures81295 total100310 total
Partial upper dentures56dentures46dentures
Partial lower dentures4136
Repairs190200
Minor Oral Surgery19558
Other operations1,026805