[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Grimsby County Borough.

  • Great Grimsby (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Grimsby County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (1) Pre-school age children — (toddlers). No. of children referred for treatment.. .. .. .. 170 No. of children selected and treated .. .. .. 167 No. of attendances made at clinic .. .. .. .. 277 No. of temporary teeth extracted .. .. .. .. 215 No. of administrations of general anaesthetics .. .. 97 ,, local ,, .. .. 7 No. of fillings in temporary teeth .. . . .. .. 30 No. of silver nitrate applications .. .. .. .. 76 Other operations—dressings, etc. .. .. .. .. 180 (2) Expectant and Nursing Mothers. No. of patients inspected .. .. .. .. . . 176 No. of patients selected for treatment . . .. .. 176 No. of attendances made at the clinic .. .. .. 991 No. of extractions of permanent teeth .. .. .. 1389 No. of fillings in permanent teeth .. .. .. .. 45 No. of anaesthetics :— General .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 153 Local .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39 Other operations—dressings, scalings, etc. .. .. 856 No. of patients supplied with dentures .. .. 81 Summary of dentures supplied :— Full upper dentures .. .. .. .. .. 73 Full lower dentures .. .. .. .. .. 53 Part upper dentures .. .. .. .. .. 4 Part lower dentures .. .. .. .. .. 11 Dentures re-modelled .. .. .. .. .. 3 Repairs to dentures .. .. .. .. .. 4 No. of Sessions .. .. .. .. .. .. 152 SECTION C—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES. Mr Harold Parkinson, Chief Sanitary Inspector, has compiled this section of the report :— Water.—The Grimsby, Cleethorpes and District Water Board provides an adequate and pure water supply throughout the Borough. The water which comes from the Lincolnshire Wolds to artesian wells in the Borough is not treated before distribution in the mains and there is no likelihood of plumbo-solvent action. During the times of soap scarcity and rationing the hardness of the water (24 degrees) has placed local housewives at a great disadvantage, when compared with those in other parts of the country where the water supplies are soft or reasonably hard. 23 samples of the town’s water have been taken periodically at pumping stations before distribution and from domestic taps. The Public Analyst and the Bacteriologist have both reported satisfactorily
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