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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
Battersea 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Women. | Children. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of teeth extracted | 1,183 | 879 | 2,062 |
| Scaling and polishing | 68 | — | 68 |
| Fillings | 140 | 22 | 162 |
| Upper dentures | 60 | — | 60 |
| Lower dentures | 54 | — | 54 |
| Denture visits | 378 | — | 378 |
| Dressings and treatment to | |||
| gums | 144 | 1 | 145 |
| Repairs to dentures | 17 | — | 17 |
| Advice | 960 | 879 | 1,839 |
Owing to the operation of the new toddlers' clinic (vide page 50)
the number of children who attended the dental clinic during 1937
greatly increased, being 537 as against an average of 245 for the
five years 1932-1936. Approximately 370 children from the
toddlers' clinic were examined and 101 of these were found to have
defective teeth.
The Council have, since 1927, undertaken the dental treatment
at scale charges of Chelsea patients referred by the Chelsea Health
Society for the purpose and the payments of the Society, during
the financial year 1937-8 (exclusive of the cost of dentures, shewn
below), amounted to £16 12s. 6d.
The cost of dentures supplied during the financial year amounted to £198 0s. 6d. and the sums received from various sources were as under:—
| £ | s. | d | |
| Contributed by patients | 93 | 15 | 6 |
| Payments by Chelsea Health Society | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| Grants from British Dental Hospital | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Grants from Saturday and Sunday Hospital Funds | 28 | 15 | 6 |
| Public Assistance | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Contribution by the Council | 43 | 17 | 0 |
| £198 | 0 | 6 |
The net cost to the Council of this service during 1937-38
was £513 17s. 6d.
Ante-Natal Clinics.
The ante-natal clinics provided by the Council under their
Maternity and Child Welfare scheme are under the direction and
supervision of the consultant gynaecologist (Miss Alice Bloom field,
m.d., f.r.c.s., f.c.o.g.). These clinics are held at the out-patient
department of the Borough Maternity Hospital on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays, and for the convenience of patients
living at a distance from the Hospital a session is held at the Southlands
centre on Fridays. Clinics are also held at the Plough Road and
East Battersea (All Saints') centres, which are attended by the
Assistant Medical Officer (Maternity and Child Welfare); and the
Women's League of Service, whose work is referred to on page 25,
also holds an ante-natal clinic at their Southlands premises.