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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
Wimbledon 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TREATMENT FACILITIES.
The following table shows the attendances of children under the age of five years at the Minor Ailment, Ophthalmic, Orthopaedic and Aural Clinics during the year: —
| Number of new cases | 290 |
| Re-attendances | 296 |
| Number of new cases | 15 |
| Re-attendances | 17 |
| Number of cases in which glasses were prescribed | 15 |
| Number of new cases | 35 |
| Re-attendances | 91 |
| Number of children admitted to St. Nicholas' and St. Martin's Orthopaedic Hospital, Pyrford | 3 |
| Number of new cases | 8 |
| Re-attendances | 1 |
Facilities for the operative treatment of tonsils and adenoids are
available through the local hospitals. Sixteen children under the age
of five years were referred for operation during 1946 through the
Maternity and Child Welfare Department.
Dental Clinic.
The following table shows the work done at this Clinic during 1946:—
| (i) Expectant and Nursing Mothers. | |
| Number of mothers who attended | 149 |
| Total number of attendances made | 457 |
| Number of gas administrations | 115 |
| Number of local anaesthetics given | 13 |
| Number of permanent teeth extracted | 284 |
| Number of permanent teeth filled | 70 |
| Total number of fillings | 80 |
| Other operations | 96 |
| Dentures supplied | 33 |
| Dentures repaired | 2 |
| Other operations to dentures | 83 |
| Scalings | 73 |
| (ii) Children under 5 years of age. | |
| Number of children under 5 years of age who attended | 47 |
| Total number of attendances made | 88 |
| Temporary teeth extracted | 77 |
| Number of gas administrations | 32 |
| Number of local anaesthetics given | 2 |