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The Council also provide a Dental Clinic in connection
with their Maternity and Child Welfare work,
which is held every alternate Wednesday afternoon;
154 attendances were made, and assistance was granted
in five cases in the provision of dentures for nursing or
expectant mothers.
The Council also have a scheme for the supply of
milk in necessitous cases to children under 3 years of
age, and to expectant or nursing mothers. This scheme
has been approved by the Ministry of Health, and is
based on an economic scale. During the year 1921,
under this scheme 62,408 pints of fresh milk, and 3,414
packets of dried milk were supplied to applicants either
free or at a reduced price.
The lowest number of applicants supplied was in
April, when 71 received 2,749 pints, and the highest
in December, when 294 applicants received 7,750 pints.
In addition, three varieties of dried milk are kept,
together with Lactagol, Cod Liver Oil and Malt, and
Virol, and retailed at the Welfare Centres. The amount
received by the sale of these foods during 1921 was
£T,008 10s. 11d.
Tuberculosis Dispensary.
A Tuberculosis Dispensary, provided by the Kent
County Council, is established in Pier Road, Erith, and
is largely made use of by those in the district suffering
from any form of this disease. It is open twice a week.
No Day Nursery or Venereal Disease Clinic is established
in the District, but the V.D. Clinic established
by the Kent County Council at Dartford is available for
this area.
(d) Hospitals Provided by the Local Authority.
Maternity
A small Maternity Hospital, with 5 beds and an
isolation or observation ward (1 bed), is provided by the
Council at "Hainault," Erith. It is staffed by 3 midwives,
with the necessary domestic staff, and during the