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 Merton & Morden]
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The dental operations performed were as follows :—
TABLE XII.
Dental Scheme 1945—Operations Performed.
Extractions—Temporary Teeth | 141 |
Permanent Teeth | 591 |
Fillings—Temporary Teeth | 42 |
Permanent Teeth | 152 |
Dentures supplied—Number of cases | 70 |
Number of local anesthetics given | 48 |
Number of Gases given | 182 |
Midwives. One midwife is appointed by the District
Council under the Surrey County Council's scheme for a salaried
midwifery service. The fees fixed by the County Council are:—
As maternity nurse 35/As
midwife 40/Provision
is made for a reduction in the fee in necessitous cases.
The following figures indicate the work undertaken during the year by the Council's midwife:—
Cases conducted: | Primip. | Multip. | Total |
---|---|---|---|
(a) As midwife | Live 1 | 26 | 27 |
Still | - | - | |
(b) As maternity nurse | Live 4 | 4 | 8 |
Still | - | - | |
5 | 30 | 35 |
Visits made:
By midwife | Ante-natal | 371 |
During confinement | 583 | |
To midwife | Ante-natal | 118 |
Post-Natal | 235 | |
1,307 |
Medical Aid Forms sent:—9 Reasons for sending:—
Convulsion, feeble infant | 1 |
Discharging eyes | 2 |
Oedema of hands, legs and feet | 1 |
Perineal Tear | 1 |
Phlebitis | 1 |