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Hackney 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Dental Clinic.— The Medical Officers of the Centres have
repeatedly urged the necessity for the installation of a Dental
Clinic. Proposals were put forward by the Committee for the
estblishment of a Dental Clinic at Eton Mission in co-operation
with the London County Council School Dental Clinic. The
establishment of this Clinic would have cost £130, but the additional
expenditure was not approved by the Ministry of Health.
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK DURING THE PAST
YEAR.
The work carried out during- 1921 can be conveniently reported
under the following descriptive titles:—
1. Health Visiting;
2. Consultation and Ante-natal Clinics;
3. Provision of Midwifery Assistance and Convalescent Home
treatment;
4. Provision of milk and other foods to necessitous mothers
and children.