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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

Chiswick 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]

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Table: " The following table records the work done at the Clinic since its inception:—

" The following table records the work done at the Clinic since its inception:—

1919192019211922192319241925
Sessions1746474713——
Attendances90317324266195239387
Children322430545480163
Adults58293294213141159224
Patients5276137——03129
Children212122__3776
Adults3155115—2653
Temporary Teeth filled333729513644133
Permanent Teeth filled32615651123057
Local Anaesthetics—
Temporary Teeth extracted71023———
Permanent Teeth extracted31171155511116
General Anaesthetics—
Temporary Teeth extracted4019419791127174
Permanent Teeth extracted501212371239999160
Scalings63127178136
Dentures and Repairs1223725151425
Nitrous Oxide73047332851118
Ethyl Chloride5692028181

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"Since April 1st, 1923, no special session has been
devoted to Welfare patients. They have been treated
on the same days as the School patients. It may be
noticed that the number of nitrous oxide anaesthetics
has greatly increased during the past two years, and
that no temporary teeth have been extracted under a
local anaesthetic. Except in the case of very loose roots
or temporary incisors, all extractions are now done under
Nitrous Oxide Anaesthetics. This course has been
adopted as a result of the following conclusions drawn
from practical observation. That whereas it takes a child
under five years two or three years to ' forget ' an