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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

Brentford and Chiswick 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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Table: Only an increase in the staff and in the number of surgeries available will effect an improvement in the service as a whole.

Only an increase in the staff and in the number of surgeries available will effect an improvement in the service as a whole.

SchoolsM. & C.W.Total
1.Inspected.
(a) Routin24225422964
(6) Special9732051178
TOTAL33957474142
2.Referred.
(a) Routine1751
(b) Special919
TOTAL ...26707223392
3.Sessions.
(a) Inspection24
(b) Treatment1115
(c) Administration, etc.61
TOTAL12003191519
4.Treated24226563078
5.Attendances648430199503
6.Fillings.
(a) Permanent Teeth523513326567
(b) Temporary Teeth16563742030
TOTAL689117068597
7.Extractions.
(a) Permanent Teeth295558853
(b) Overcrowding81—81
(c) Temporary Teeth18511371988
TOTAL22276952922
8.Administration of Gas (N20)9712661237
9.Ratio of Permanent Fillings to
Permanent Extractions18 : 12.7 : 17.7 : 1
10.Ratio of Temporary Fillings to
Temporary Extractions.9 : 12.5 : 11 : 1
11.Other Operations.
(a) Permanent Teeth15968632459
(ft) Temporary Teeth739217956
TOTAL233510803415
12.Number of Dentures-7676
13.Patients fitted with Dentures-4949
14.Fillings per session (average)5.75.35.6
15.Extractions per session1.82.11.9
16.Other Operations per session1.93.32.2
17.Attendances per session5.49.4 (Incl. Inspections)6.2