Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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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."
1957 | 1958 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients treated | 953 | 941 | ||
Appointments made | 5,910 | 5,441 | ||
„ kept | 5,347 | 4,938 | ||
Plastic fillings | 595 | 2,327 | 483 | 2,239 |
Amalgam fillings | 1,732 | total | 1,756 | total |
Inlays | 8 | 10 | ||
Crowns | 38 | 30 | ||
Scalings and gum treatments | 511 | 489 | ||
Dressings | 708 | 617 | ||
Extractions | 861 | 761 | ||
General anaesthetics | 228 | 151 | ||
Local anaesthetics | 575 | 512 | ||
X-rays | 641 | 335 | ||
Impressions | 773 | 775 | ||
Bites | 193 | 202 | ||
Try-ins | 286 | 331 | ||
Full upper dentures | 117 | 128 | ||
Full lower dentures | 81 | 295 total | 100 | 310 total |
Partial upper dentures | 56 | dentures | 46 | dentures |
Partial lower dentures | 41 | 36 | ||
Repairs | 190 | 200 | ||
Minor Oral Surgery | 195 | 58 | ||
Other operations | 1,026 | 805 |