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Cost. £ s. d.
Electric current . . 2 12 7
Cleaning . . .. 116 0
Miscellaneous ., .. 13 3
£5 11 10
No part of the salary of the Medical Officer, Superintendent or Health Visitors is
allocated to nor included in the above figures.
In addition to the Clinic provided by the Borough Council, Artificial Light Treatment
is available at the Almeric Paget Clinic, Rochford Street, the Institute of Ray Therapy,
Camden Road, and also at the Voluntary General Hospitals in the Borough.
The Borough Council's Dentai, Clinic, Barnes House, Camden Road.
At this clinic dental treatment is provided, under the Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme, for nursing or expectant mothers and children under five years of age who are in
attendance at the various Welfare Centres.
Consultations are held every Thursday morning for fillings, etc., and each third
Friday morning for gas (with an extra clinic occasionally).
No charge is made for extractions, fillings or scaling, but the patients contribute what
they can reasonably afford towards the cost of dentures.
The work done during the year is summarised in the following table, the figures for
the previous year also being given for comparison :—
Work carried out at the Dental Clinic.
1932.
1931.
Number of new cases
Mothers
161
153
Children
230
201
Total
391
354
Number
of |
Attendances I
For extractions under nitrous oxide (gas)
309
287
„ ,, local anaesthesia
39
33
„ fillings and dressings
406
316
„ scaling
36
25
,, impressions and fitting dentures.
239
225
,, examination and advice
501
476
Total attendances
1530
1362
Total number of clinics held
76
73
Number of clinics with nitrous oxide antesthesia
21
19