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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY
Section 21
Health Service Clinics
Low Hall Lane, E.17 (Opened in 1929).
Higham Hill Priory Court, E.17. (Opened in 1959).
Silverdale Road, Highams Park, E.4. (Adapted for Clinic purposes
1948).
West Avenue, E.17. (Opened as Health Services Clinic 1949).
General Dental Service
No. of sessions 530
Appointments made 3,193
kept 2,741
Plastic fillings 287
Amalgam fillings 1,368
1,655
Inlays 5
Crowns 16
Scalings and gum treatments 379
Dressings 332
Extractions 370
General anaesthetics 33
Local anaesthetis 27
X-rays 369
Impressions 663
Bites 149
Try-ins 199
Full upper dentures 102
Pull lower dentures 80
Partial upper dentures 54
Partial lower dentures 32
268
total
dentures
Repairs 249
Minor Oral Surgery 18
Other Operations 347
Dental Laboratory
| Dentures | Repairs | Reline | Remakes | Appli ances | Crowns | Inlays | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Dental Service | 234 | 132 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 5 | - |
| Walthamstow Committee for Education | 28 | 23 | - | - | 129 | 19 | |
| Leyton Committee for Education | 46 | 12 | 1 | - | 41 | 13 | - |
| Forest Divisional Executive Committee for Education | 4 | - | - | - | 49 | - | - |
| Maternity and Child Welfare Patients | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |