London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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The following table gives details of attendances made:-
| 1961 | 1960 | 1959 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | |
| Number examined by dental officer | 158 | 492 | 162 | 539 | 131 | 572 |
| Number referred for treatment | 156 | 402 | 160 | 459 | 127 | 467 |
| New cases commenced treatment | 187 | 359 | 149 | 351 | 127 | 421 |
| Cases made dentally fit | 66 | 227 | 46 | 176 | 55 | 178 |
| Forms of dental treatment provided: Teath extracted Anaesthetics: | 340 | 276 | 243 | 334 | 159 | 369 |
| (a) Local | - | - | - | - | 68 | 26 |
| (b) General | 33 | 142 | 81 | 179 | 24 | 156 |
| Number of fillings | 328 | 911 | 249 | 628 | 220 | 474 |
| Number of inlays | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Scalings and gum treatment | 130 | - | 133 | - | 90 | - |
| Silver nitrate treatment | - | 285 | - | 440 | - | 478 |
| Dressings | - | - | - | - | 114 | 162 |
| Other operations | 500 | 476 | 240 | 151 | 10 | 1 |
| Number of radiographs:- | ||||||
| (a) at County Council clinics | 10 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
| (b) at hospital | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Denture dressings | - | - | - | - | 163 | - |
| Dentures fitted:- | ||||||
| (a) Full | 20 | - | 24 | - | 16 | 4 |
| (b) Partial | 42 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 32 | - |
| Number of attendances | 884 | 1159 | 736 | 1061 | 588 | 872 |
| Number of appointments not kept | 279 | 325 | 208 | 216 | 138 | 199 |
| Number of half days devoted to treatment | 244 | 194)4 | 155 | |||
MIDWIFERY SERVICE
(Section 23)
It was reported in 1960 that four midwives were recruited to the service.
Unfortunately, early in May three of these resigned. In addition to this, difficulty
has been encountered in obtaining accommodation for pupil midwives. Consequently,
the number in training in the Area has been reduced from six to four.
These two factors seriously depleted our resources and once again increased the
work of the remaining midwives. The reduction in the number of pupil midwives is a
matter for special regret since their training helps maintain a consistently high
standard in the domiciliary midwifery service.