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
Hackney 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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at the Welfare Centres. The application is then considered and a
voucher issued to the applicant authorising treatment at the Clinics.
This voucher is only available for six months.
The work done at the Clinics during the period under review was as follows:—
| No. of sessions held | 132 | |
| Mothers. | Children. | |
| No. of primary attendances | 142 | 97 |
| No. of repeat attendances | 681 | 123 |
| Total attendances | 823 | 220 |
| No. of teeth extracted | 1,321 | |
| No. of teeth stopped | 144 | |
| No. of scalings and dressings | 149 | |
| No. of general anaesthetic cases | 300 | |
| No. of local anaesthetic cases | 56 | |
| No. of patients to whom dentures were supplied | 70 | (122 dentures) |
The cost of this scheme to the Council during the year was:—
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payments to Dental Surgeon in respect of attendances | 207 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Payments to Dental Surgeon for Dentures supplied | 163 | 11 | 9 | |||
| Payments to Anaesthetist | 26 | 15 | 6 | |||
| Total payments | £398 | 5 | 3 | |||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d | |
| Patients' Contributions:— | ||||||
| For Dentures | 51 | 10 | 0 | |||
| For Extractions, etc. | 13 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Total Contributions | 65 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Net Cost to the Council | £332 | 16 | 3 | |||
In 36 cases dentures were supplied without cost to the patients.
The following table is given in order to show the extent to
which expectant and nursing mothers and their children have
benefited from the facilities for dental treatment provided bv the
Council under its Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme during the
past five years:—