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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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attending the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres are enabled to have dental
treatment and advice, including if necessary the provision of dentures.
Below are the details of the year's working of the clinic:—
T able No. 29
| Number sent to the dentist for inspection | 159 |
| Number inspected | 104 |
| Number for whom treatment was completed | 45 |
| Number of completed dentures | 30 |
| Number of fillings | 37 |
| Number of extractions under local anaesthetic | 138 |
| Number of extractions under gas | 313 |
| Total number of attendances and re-attendances | 405 |
Children under five years of age:—
Number sent for inspection 166
Number inspected 152
Number for whom treatment was completed 136
Number of fillings 86
Number of extractions under local anaesthetic 20
Number of extractions under gas 351
Total number of attendances and re-attendances to
dentist 284
These figures show a total number of 689 attendances compared with
603 in 1937 and 395 in 1936.
Assisted Services.
The expansion of the Maternity and Child Welfare services commented
on on page 31 of the report for 1935, continued during 1938. Apart from those
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