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The following is a summary of the work carried out for the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee during the year:—
(a) Treatment of Mothers.
Number of mothers treated during 1928 183
Number of attendances of mothers 336
Number of mothers, having teeth extracted, to whom
"general" anaesthetics were given 94
Number of mothers, having teeth extracted, to whom
"local" anaesthetics were given 19
Number of mothers having teeth filled or otherwise treated 128
Number of mothers having dentures supplied 26
(b) Treatment of Children under 5 years of age.
Number of children treated 79
Number of attendances of children 88
Number of children, having teeth extracted, to whom
"general" anaesthetics were given 62
Number of children having teeth filled or otherwise treated 16

Ophthalmic Clinic.—Children under five years of age who
are found to be suffering from squint have been referred to the
Council Oculist for treatment either from the Infant Welfare
Centres or by the Health Visitors from their home visits. The
following are the figures for 1928:—
(a) Number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed
and provided 28
(b) Number of children examined by Oculist for whom
spectacles were not prescribed 10
The Ministry of Health, in a letter dated January, 1923,
sanctioned expenditure and the payment of grant for the examination
and treatment of the eyes of expectant and nursing mothers
where such treatment tended, in the opinion of the Medical Officer
of the Centre, to preserve the mother's health during pregnancy
and lactation.
Since the middle of 1924 a number of nursing mothers, whose
sight has become impaired, have been referred to the Council
Oculist for treatment from the Infant Welfare Centres,
Eleven mothers were so treated in 1928,