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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

Tottenham 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Priority Dental Service for Mothers and Young Children
The dental service as a whole is discussed later in this report under
the school health service.
Mothers. There has been a falling-off in attendance of ante-natal
cases and it is estimated that nearly half of those referred by the clinics
do not attend when given appointments. This decline seems to be general and
may be due to the facilities now obtainable under the general dental service,
though such an assumption should not be made until confirmed or otherwise
by a systematic "follow-up".
Pre-school Children referred from infant welfare and toddler clinics
also show a slight reduction as compared with the previous year.

Table: TABLE 5

TABLE 5

19 5 419 5 319 5 2
Expectant and Nursing MothersChildren Under 5Expectant and Nursing MothersChildren under 5Expectant and Nursing MothersChildren under 5
No. examined by dental officer2535903888332261,127
No. referred for treatment241534349750211992
New cases commenced treatment233603298745179876
Cases made dentally fit5024611338077663
Forms of dental treatment provided: -
Teeth extracted389541478610200879
Anaesthetics:-
(a) Local13211512614864192
(b) General422068521740308
No. of fillings5531,2786371,3232341,562
No. of root fillings--2---
No. of inlays1-112-
Scalings and gum treatment148-156-72"
Silver nitrate treatment-758-791-1,165
Dressings13356014154781752
Other operations401592020711106
No, of Radiographs: -
(a) at County Council clinics10618352
(b) at hospital----2-
Denture dressings100-168-73-
Dentures fitted: -
(a) full17-14-5-
(b) partial22-45-14-
No. of attendances9301,7321,1331,8274682,114
No. of appointments not kept258349321326170306
No. of 14 days devoted to treatment343365300