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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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This will be the aim in 1968.
| Children Aged n - 4 Years | Expectant and Nursing Mothers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1967 | 1966 | 1967 | |
| 1. INSPECTIONS: | ||||
| a) Number of first inspections | 622 | 897 | 395 | 303 |
| b) Number requiring treatment | 400 | 483 | 328 | 254 |
| c) Percentages requiring treatment | 64.3 | 53.8 | 83.0 | 83.8 |
| 2. VISITS FOR TREATMENT: | ||||
| a) First visits | 762 | 580 | 351 | 303 |
| b) Subsequent visits | 890 | 838 | 1, 088 | 929 |
| c) Total visits | 1,652 | 1,418 | 1,439 | 1,232 |
| d) Additional courses of treatment | ||||
| Commenced | 10 | 27 | 12 | 3 |
| e) Attendances for general anaes | ||||
| thetic (incl. in total) | 82 | 61 | 20 | 16 |
| f) Emergencies (incl. in total) | 9 | 11 | 15 | 14 |
| 3. PATIENTS MADE DENTALLY FIT: | 456 | 319 | 174 | 126 |
| 4. ANALYSIS OF GENERAL TREATMENT: | ||||
| a) Fillings | 1, 283 | 1, 144 | 1, 280 | 920 |
| b) Teeth filled | 1, 002 | 914 | 984 | 731 |
| c) Teeth extracted | 224 | 184 | 278 | 213 |
| d) Patients x-rayed | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
| e) Scaling, prophylaxis and gum | ||||
| treatment | 30 | 61 | 288 | 162 |
| f) Teeth otherwise conserved | 544 | 254 | N.A. | N.A. |
| g) Teeth root filled | N.A. | _ | 8 | 2 |
| h) Crowns and inlays | - | - | Nil | 2 |
| 5. PROSTHETICS: | ||||
| a) Patients supplied with full upper | ||||
| and/or lower dentures | - | - | 15 | 10 |
| b) Patients supplied with partial | ||||
| dentures | - | - | 18 | 32 |
| c) Number of dentures supplied | - | - | 53 | 49 |
N.A. - Not available