Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Table 4 - Day Nurseries
| Day Nurseries | Number of approved Places at end of Year | No. of Children on Register at end of Year | At tendances | No. of days Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 Years | 2-5 Years | 0-2 Years | 2-5 Years | 0-2 Years | 2-5 Years | Total | ||
| Ladywell | 24 | 50 | 25 | 53 | 4654 | 10020 | 14674 | 254 |
| Stonecroft | 15 | 45 | 17 | 47 | 2923 | 9415 | 12338 | 254 |
| Red Gables | 23 | 23 | 22 | 31 | 3641 | 6235 | 9876 | 254 |
| Vincent House (closed 31 3,51) | - | - | - | - | 255 | 556 | 811 | 63 |
| Park lane | 20 | 30 | 21 | 37 | 3722 | 6475 | 10197 | 254 |
| Lordship Lane | 10 | 30 | 10 | 26 | 1942 | 6053 | 7995 | 254 |
| Plevna Crescent | 20 | 30 | 19 | 38 | 4730 | 6725 | 11455 | 254 |
| Totals 1951 | 112 | 208 | 114 | 232 | 21867 | 45479 | 67346 | 1587 |
| 1950 | 122 | 223 | 90 | 224 | 20678 | 48170 | 68848 | 2103 |
| 1949 | 146 | 249 | 118 | 246 | 29036 | 63246 | 92282 | 2436 |
| 1947 | 152 | 252 | - | - | 27574 | 62677 | 90251 | 2026 |
Priority Dental Service.
The following table shows the work carried out by the dental
officers.
Table 5 - Priority Dental Service
| 1947 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant & Nursing Mothers | Child-ren Under 5 | Expect ant & Nursing Mothers | Children Under 5 | Expect ant & Nursing Mothers | Child-ren Under 5 | Expect ant & Nursing Mothers | Children Under 5 | |
| No. exam, by Dental Of | 243 | 245 | 1113 | 698 | 492 | 842 | 43 | 879 |
| No. ref, for Treatment | 890 | 221 | 971 | 639 | 423 | 781 | 42 | 795 |
| NEW Cases comm. Treatmt. | 230 | 174 | 756 | 679 | 422 | 711 | 37 | 715 |
| Cases made dentally fit Forms of dental Treatmt provided:- | 155 | 211 | 255 | 559 | 21 | 462 | ||
| Teeth extracted | 1946 | 430 | 940 | 777 | 377 | 637 | 53 | 893 |
| Anaesthetics:- | ||||||||
| (a) Local | 14 | - | 316 | 141 | 138 | 122 | 10 | 196 |
| (b) General | 7 | 114 | 152 | 212 | 100 | 288 | 9 | 275 |
| No. of fillings | 1563 | 634 | 985 | 676 | 557 | 1023 | 35 | 1005 |
| No. of root fillings | - | - | 1 | - | ||||
| (No„ of crowns & bridges | - | - | - | - | ||||
| No. of inlays | 1 | - | - | - | ||||
| Scaling & gum treatmt. | 367 | - | 223 | 125 | 16 | - | ||
| Silver nitrate Treatmt | - | 843 | 7 | 828 | - | 944 | ||
| Dressings | 78 | 94 | 646 | 6 | 687 | |||
| Other operations | 729 | 475 | 60 4 | 29 | 198 | 1 | 94 | |
| No. of Radiographs | ||||||||
| 'a/ at C. C. Clinics | 20 | 1 | 38 | - | - | 2 | ||
| lb) at Hospital | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Denture dressings | 460 | - | 312 | - | 55 | - | ||
| Dentures fitted:- | ||||||||
| (a) Full | 278 | 176 | - | 48 | - | 6 | - | |
| (b) Partial | 69 | - | 8 | - | ||||
| No. of attendances | 1238 | 768 | 1953 | 1527 | 1099 | 1702 | 104 | 1663 |
| No. of appts not kept | 748 | 149 | 326 | 176 | 16 | 230 | ||
| No. of days devoted to service | 297 | 212 | ||||||