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Annual Report of the London County Council, 1914.
It was pointed out by the Board of Education in the letter dated 24th June, 1913, that in certain
districts the arrangements for dental treatment include a considerable proportion of older children and
that in the Board's opinion treatment should be confined to children of 6, 7 and 8 years of age. It
has always been the practice to restrict appointments for older children to those most urgently needing
assistance, and to give facilities even to them only at times when there is an insufficient number of
children of the specified age groups to make full use of the centre. During the past year the inspecting
dentists, in addition to examining the children newly arriving at the age of 6 years, have also re-inspected
children previously seen. This is the beginning of a system designed to secure that the child receives
supervision as regards dental conditions during the whole of its school life.
On the 31st July, 1913, provision existed for the treatment ot 24,130 dental cases at 14
centres. From that date until 31st December, 1914, eleven additional centres had been opened and
four new centres were then under consideration. The results of dental treatment for the year 1914 are
shown in the following table :—
Centre.
No. of
children
attended.
No. of
attendances.
No. of teeth or roots
extracted.
No. of
stoppings.
No. of other
operations,
e.g.; scaling,
immediate
regulation,
application of
Ag. N03, etc.
No. of general anaesthetics.
Temporary
Permanent
Nitrous
Oxide.
Ethyl
Chloride.
Other
general
anæesthetics.
Bermondsey (from 9.11.14) 234 273 730 39 217 19 — 32 —
Camberwell (from 13.5.14) 806 1,425 4,434 431 017 314 230 11 —
Deptford 2,158 3,777 3,917 893 3,027 485 1,119 — —
Finsbury (from 19.1.14) 585 1,144 2,194 230 850 119 487 — —
Fulham 1,420 1,879 5,380 003 325 1,358 378 — —
Greenwich (from 21.9.14) 516 682 2,823 181 313 22 77 ——
Hackney 1,576 2,431 5,053 624 983 216 661 22
Hammersmith 1,434 1,817 6,835 671 600 205 — 408
Islington 6 668 1,773 803 564 5 —
London Hospital . 1,540 2,013 7,555 613 1,460 223 333 —
Norwood 1,535 2,014 5,177 719 3,397 174 318 59 173
Notting Dale (from 18.5.14) 654 884 2,572 150 596 52 — 131
Peckham 201 1,669 3,471 101 2,456 310 295 16 —
-Poplar Hospital for Accidents 1,452 1,921 4,807 651 2,146 981 25 306 •—
Queen's Hospital for Children 1,798 2,642 6,844 1,297 3,995 162 — 402
St. Cecilia's ... ... ... 1,247 1,830 5,760 570 566 4 480 —
St. George's Dispensary ... 2,156 2,834 8,326 1,499 3,084 130 197 512 —
St. Marylebone General Dispell- 925 1,024 8,182 1,126 905 86 — 390 —
sary
St. Pancras 1,695 2,575 9,636 1,287 1,280 — 578
South London (Battersea) ... 1,676 2,405 6,976 554 1,812 186 — 470 —
Stockwell (from 2.11.14) .. 227 268 352 8 488 3 — 55
Tooting (from 15.6.14) ... 931 1,244 5,120 247 657 16 187
Wandsworth 2,261 3,394 11,408 1,094 544 8 997
Western Dispensary ... ... 1,432 2,357 5,610 361 1,941 1,265 124 397 —
Woolwich ... ' 1,375 1,942 5,164 880 677 110 430 —
Totals 132,439 47,156 133,232 15,557 34,709 7,251 7,480 3,331 173
It may be remembered that in last year's report mention was made of the fact that in certain
cases, where the centres had been open for some time, variation was made in the amount of the capitation
payment, and instead of an allowance of 2s. per case for all the cases treated, this fee was paid in respect
of 1,000 cases per annum only, and the capitation fee was reduced to Is. for all cases exceeding this number.
Daring 1914 this arrangement was adopted in connection with the Fulham, St. George's dispensary,
Wandsworth, and Islington centres. At the Peckham centre, owing to special circumstances involving
expenditure in connection with the renewal of the lease of the premises, the application of the new
rule was deferred until 1st April, 1915.
As a guide to the extent of the use made of the facilities for treatment provided by the Council,
the following table is presented. The figures in the first column are the average numbers under agreements
at the various centres and hospitals actually at work during the year, and differ from the figures
given elsewhere, which are the actual numbers obtaining on 3lst December, 1914 :—
Ailments.
Average numbers
undor agreements
during 1914.
Numbers treated under
these arrangements
during 1914.
Eyes (refraction and diseases) 22,571 25,052
Ear, nose and throat . 15,328 12,961
Ringworm . 2,116 1,733
Nursing treatment 14,064
Teeth 38,298 32,439
Totals 93,496 86,819
A list of the hospitals and centres, at work on the 31st December last, is given in the appendix
to this report (see Appendix II.). The numbers under agreement in respect of each ailment are also