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Stepney 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Finsen Light Treatment and the Supply
Pneumo-Thorax Refills.
The Council pay for attendances of certain patients undergoing Finsen
Light Treatment at the London Hospital and for the supply of PneumoThorax
Refills to certain patients attending the Brompton Hospital and the
City of London Hospital, Victoria Park.
Finsen Light Treatment No of patients 4
No. of applications 8
No. of attendances 92
No. of attendances guaranteed 96
Pneumo-Thorax Refills No. of patients 15
No. of refills supplied 149
Dental Clinic.
The Dental Clinic at 35, Stepney Green, for the treatment of tuberculous
patients, expectant and nursing mothers and children under school age, has
continued its work on the same lines as in previous years.
Summary of the work carried out at the Dental Clinic.
| Maternity. | Tuberculosis | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Sessions held | 26 | 25 | |
| No. of patients' attendances | 296 | 188 | |
| No. of fillings | 17 | 2 | |
| No. of scalings | 7 | 7 | |
| Extraction | Total number of teeth extracted | ted 362 | 131 |
| Gas administrations | 71 | 28 | |
| Local administrations | 6 | 7 | |
| Without anaesthetic | — | 1 | |
| No. of dentures (including repairs) | 34 | 24 | |
| No. of dressings and root treatment | 8 | 2 | |
| No. for advice | 71 | 31 | |
| No. of denture visits | 101 | 81 | |
| No. of new patients | 48 | 11 | |
Infantile Mortality.
374 infants died under one year of age, or 49 more than in the previous
year.
119 belonged to the Limehouse District.
80 belonged to St. George-in-the-East.
115 belonged to Mile End Old Town.
60 belonged to the Whitechapel District.