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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Centre. | Sessions held | New Cases. | Repeated Attendances. | Total Attendances. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children | Mothers | Children | Mothers | |||
| Richmond Road | 96 | 137 | 156 | 127 | 612 | 1,032 |
The work done at the dental clinic during the period under
review was as follows:—
No. of teeth extracted 1,048
No of teeth stopped 48
No. of scalings and dressings 384
No. of general anaesthetic cases 305
No. of local anaesthetic cases 9
No. of persons to whom dentures were supplied (123 dentures) 75
The cost of this scheme to the Council during the year was:—
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payments to Dental Surgeon and Anaesthetist in respect of attendances | 211 | 13 | 8 | |||
| Payments to Dental Surgeon for Dentures supplied | 176 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total payments | £387 | 13 | 8 | |||
| Patients' contributions— | ||||||
| For Dentures | £159 | 5 | 0 | |||
| For Extractions, etc. | 40 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Total Contributions | 200 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Net Cost to Council | £187 | 9 | 8 | |||
Health Visiting— In 1920 the Council employed 9 Health
Visitors for maternity and child welfare work and these Officers
paid during that year a total of 13,593 visits and made 802 half-day
attendances at Clinics. In the year under review 18 Health Visitors
and the Child Protection Visitor paid 41,404 visits and made 2,845
half-day attendances at Clinics. Details of the work of the Health
Visitors and Child Protection Visitor are given in the Table which
appears on pages 20 and 21.