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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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The following table gives details of attendances made and treatment given at all clinics during the past three years:-
| 1958 | 1957 | 1956 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | |
| No. examined by dental officer | 174 | 562 | 190 | 568 | 234 | 670 |
| No. referred for treatment | 171 | 523 | 188 | 548 | 226 | 618 |
| New cases commenced treatment | 155 | 479 | 172 | 531 | 218 | 551 |
| Cases made dentally fit | 64 | 172 | 84 | 323 | 76 | 321 |
| Forms of dental treatment provided:- | ||||||
| Teeth extracted | 274 | 432 | 205 | 432 | 235 | 506 |
| Anaesthetics | ||||||
| (a) Local | 100 | 56 | 85 | 69 | 84 | 72 |
| (b) General | 36 | 187 | 36 | 175 | 39 | 213 |
| No. of fillings | 372 | 469 | 358 | 847 | 380 | 1169 |
| No. of root fillings | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| No. of inlays | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Scalings and gum treatment | 108 | - | 76 | - | 128 | - |
| Silver nitrate treatment | - | 503 | - | 550 | - | 565 |
| Dressings | 126 | 150 | 86 | 338 | 163 | 674 |
| Other operations | 10 | 10 | 30 | 64 | 48 | 138 |
| No. of radiographs | ||||||
| (a) at County Council clinics | 14 | . | 13 | 1 | 28 | _ |
| (b) at hospital | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Denture dressings | 178 | - | 112 | - | 179 | - |
| Dentures fitted:- | ||||||
| (a) full | 14 | - | 8 | - | 18 | - |
| (b) partial | 29 | - | 32 | - | 39 | - |
| No. of attendances | 758 | 981 | 634 | 1154 | 873 | 1583 |
| No. of appointments not kept | 145 | 186 | 187 | 227 | 193 | 247 |
| No. of half days devoted to treatment | 192 | 221 | 296 | |||
MIDWIFERY SERVICE
(Section 23)
At the end of the year nine midwives were employed in the Area, two of
whom live and work in Hornsey. Seven of the midwives are approved teachers
and during the year 21 pupil midwives were received for the district part of their
training. As was foreseen there has been a considerable increase in the number
of home confinements and the midwives each had a heavy case load. They have
worked well together and have done much more than the usual quota of work laid
down per midwife. The number of women delivered in their own homes totalled
698, while 98 women were nursed at home following confinement in hospital. The
tendency is to send mothers home much earlier than previously and most were sent
home on the second day following delivery. A small number were sent home a few
hours after delivery.