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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
Southall-Norwood 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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| Number of extractions under gas | 128 |
| Total number of attendances and re-attendances | 201 |
| Number sent for inspection | 113 |
| Number inspected | 112 |
| Number for whom treatment was completed | 98 |
| Number of fillings | 40 |
| Number of extractions under local anaesthetic | 27 |
| Number of extractions under gas | 293 |
| Total number of attendances and re-attendances to dentist | 194 |
These figures show a total number of 395 attendances compared with
298 in 1935, and 119 in 1934.
Assisted Services.
The expansion of the Maternity and Child Welfare services commented
on on page 31 of my report for 1935, continued during 1936. Apart from
those included in the above tables, the figures of applications for services
which were granted were as follows:—
T able No. 29.
| Service | Free | Part cost | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Provision of a midwife at confinement: | 2 | 4 | |
| 21 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Provision of home help at confinement | 15 | 10 | |
| 3. | Provision of sterilised accouchement sets | 7 | 1* | |
| 4. | Provision of consultant for cases of difficult labour | 3 | — | |
| 5. | Provision of consultant for Puerperal cases | 1 | — | |
| *In addition, about 20 sets were supplied at " full cost." | ||||