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at the Rotherhithe centre, making five evening sessions which
he did during the week, permanently. At that time seven
sessions were held at the Rotherhithe centre including the two
evening ones, but the work increased there, and a session (Friday
evening) was taken from Bermondsey and handed over to Rotherhithe.
The position as it exists now is that there are fourteen
sessions including four evenings at the Bermondsey centre, and
eight sessions including two evenings at the Rotherhithe centre.
"These evening sessions are absolutely essential to deal with
the treatment of people who are at work in the day time. The
full-time Dental Surgeon works for eleven sessions per week, and
in my opinion the maximum number of evening sessions per week
which a whole-time Dental Officer should be called upon to do
permanently is two. A review of the appended table showing
figures of patients treated, and number of attendances at the
centres, indicates how the work has increased. In view of these
facts I desire to make the following suggestions
The number of sessions at the Rotherhithe centre should
be increased from eight to eleven sessions including two
evening sessions thus constituting full time work for one
Dental Surgeon and Nurse.
This will reduce the sessions at the Bermondsey centre
from fourteen to eleven, with only two evenings, and will
take Mr. Shapland away from two evening and one morning
sessions, which he at present does at the Bermondsey centre.
To cope adequately with the evening work at
Bermondsey it is considered essential that two Dental
Surgeons should be on duty for each of the first four evening
sessions of the week, and also that the Friday evening sessions
should be re-opened with one Dental Surgeon in attendance.
If this suggestion is adopted, additional help will be required
for seven evening sessions and one morning session. This
makes a total of eight additional sessions required, seven
for the evening and one for the day. The appointment of a
whole-time Dental Surgeon would mean that he would have to
work three evenings, and that Dr. Grantley-Smith and Mr.
Shapland would have to work an additional evening constituting
three evenings each.