London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hackney 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Dental Clinic.—Particulars of attendances:—
Centre.
Sessions
held
New Cases.
Repeated
Attendances.
Total
Attendances.
Children
Mothers
Children
Mothers
Richmond Road
102
172
147
121
420
860
The work done at the dental clinic during the period under
review was as follows:—
No. of teeth extracted 1112
No of teeth stopped 83
No. of scalings and dressings 263
No. of general anaesthetic cases 302
No. of local anaesthetic cases 19
No. of persons to whom dentures were supplied (57 dentures) 33
The cost of this scheme to the Council during the year was:—
£ s. d.
Payment to Dental Surgeon and Anaesthetist in
respect of attendances 189 0 0
Payments to Dental Surgeon for Dentures supplied 75 19 3
Total payments £264 19 3
Patients' contributions—
For Dentures £40 15 0
For Extractions, etc. 16 3 0
Total Contributions 56 18 0
Net Cost to Council £208 1 3
Health Visiting:—Visits of Health Visitors during the
year:—
To expectant mothers first visits 909
total visits 2,737
To infants under one year of
age first-visits 1,535
total visits 5,389
To children between the ages
of one and five years total visits 13,095
Maternity Hospital Accommodation.—The Council pays the
sum of one guinea in respect of each necessitous person admitted