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Condition of Patients.
17 in good condition on 1st visit 1 particulars unobtainable.
19 ,, fair „
21 „ bad „ „ 73
15 dead on visit. —
Treatment.
Domiciliary. 28 Institutional treatment.
17 Private treatment. —
23 Panel „ 73
5 O.P. Hospital. =
Financial Circumstances.
23 good. 1 particulars unobtainable.
38 fair. 2 dead.
7 bad.
1 in Asylum. 73
1 ,, Infirmary. —
14 cases transferred to Dispensary.
1 case cured during 1922.
Tuberculosis Dental Clinic.
During the year a special weekly session for the dental treatment
of Tuberculosis patients was established at the Dental Clinic,
Plough Road Baths. The first session was held on the 12th July.
During the last six months of the year 1922, patients recommended
by the Tuberculosis Officer were treated at the Clinic.
Particulars of the work carried out are set out below. No charge
is made for advice, extractions or fillings, and where dentures are
required the cost of them is met, if necessary, partly by the patient
and partly by the Care Committee through various social or philanthropic
agencies.
Dental Clinic, 1922.
Total attendances (July to December) 64
Total sessions 21
Average number of attendances per session 3.05
Extractions 50
Scalings 6
Fillings 7
Dentures and remodelling 8
Dressings 4
Advice given 18
Total number of operations and interviews
for advice only *93
Average number of operations and interviews
for advice only per session 4.43
* The number of operations for the purpose of this table
i ncludes each separate extraction and filling performed.