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During the year the number of attendances for extractions has totalled
118, the number of teeth extracted reaching 459. The number of attendances
for fillings being 27, and the number of fillings 30. The number of artificial
dentures fitted during the year was 21.
190 patients were seen at the Dental Clinic during the year:—
Maternity 112
Children 36
Tuberculous:—Women 33
Men 15
Of these, 81 were new patients:
Maternity 41
Children 20
Tuberculous 20
Infantile Mortality.
325 infants died under one year of age, or 13 more than in the previous
year.
84 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 68 per 1,000
births.
57 belonged to the St. George-in-the-East District, or at the rate of 70
per 1,000 births.
120 belonged to the Mile End Old Town District, or at the rate of 69
per 1,000 births.
58 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 79 per 1,000
births.
The infantile mortality for the whole Borough was 71 per 1,000 births,
while that for the whole of London was 67 per 1,000.
Maternal Mortality.
The number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth, was 11,
3 being due to Puerperal Fever. This is equivalent to a rate of 2.4 per
1,000 births, which is higher than in the previous year. It is low compared
with London as a whole, as well as for the whole of England and Wales.
Notification of Births Acts.
No. of births notified by Doctors 1,065
„ „ „ Midwives 3,406
„ „ „ Parents 16
No. of stillbirths notified. 145
No. of births notified by Institutions in the Borough
belonging to Outlying Districts.. 1,179
No. of stillbirths ditto 52
No. of sets of twins notified 62