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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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| Total number of attendances and re-attendances | 374 |
| Number sent for inspection | 136 |
| Number inspected | 134 |
| Number for whom treatment was completed | 115 |
| Number of fillings | 89 |
| Number of extractions under local anaesthetic | 26 |
| Number of extractions under gas | 300 |
| Total number of attendances and re-attendances to dentist | 229 |
Table No. 30.
| Service | Free | Part cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Provision of a midwife at confinement: | (a) Primiparae | 3 | 4 |
| (b) Multiparae | 22 | 16 | |
| 2. Provision of home help at confinement | 25 | 19 | |
| 3. Provision of sterilised accouchement sets | 8 | 7* | |
| 4. Provision of consultant for cases of difficult labour | 7 | — | |
| 5. Provision of consultant for Puerperal cases | - | — | |