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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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It is hoped that the fluoridation of water supplies will not be long delayed, such
a measure being of proven value in the fight against dental caries, and the benefit
therefrom being first apparent in the young child.
The following tables give details of treatment: -
| 1963 | 1962 | 1961 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | Expect -ant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | |
| Number examined by dental officer | 154 | 637 | 160 | 563 | 158 | 492 |
| Number referred for treatment | 152 | 510 | 158 | 461 | 156 | 402 |
| New cases commenced treatment | 156 | 479 | 166 | 473 | 187 | 359 |
| Cases made dentally fit | 97 | 385 | 70 | 385 | 66 | 227 |
| Forms of dental treatment provided:- | ||||||
| Teeth extracted | 204 | 296 | 183 | 279 | 340 | 276 |
| General Anaesthetics | 23 | 148 | 23 | 169 | 33 | 142 |
| Number of fillings | 515 | 1197 | 471 | 1206 | 328 | 911 |
| Number of Inlays | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Scalings and gum treatment | 102 | - | 131 | - | 130 | - |
| Silver nitrate treatment | - | 773 | - | 518 | - | 285 |
| Other operations | 391 | 643 | 402 | 651 | 500 | 476 |
| Number of radiographs | 22 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Dentures fitted: - | ||||||
| (a) Pull | 22 | - | 14 | - | 20 | - |
| (b) Partial | 36 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 42 | 10 |
| Number of attendances | 794 | 1794 | 796 | 1694 | 884 | 1159 |
| Number of appointments not kept Number of half days devoted to treatment | 193 | 390 | 270 | 454 | 279 | 325 |
| 291 | 322 | 244 | ||||
MIDWIFERY SERVICE
(Section 23)
The number of deliveries conducted by the midwives was 909 in 1963, for the first
time in many years showing no increase since the previous year. The number of early
discharges from hospital after confinement was 1J5. Schemes for planned discharges
were approved with the North Middlesex Hospital and the Whittington Hospital, but owing
to staff shortages these had only made a tentative beginning by the end of the year0