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In several cases Institutional Treatment other than in the hospital
was provided by the Guardians.
Dental Treatment was given to 46 patients.
It is hoped in the coming year, if the proposed expenditure is
approved by the Ministry of Health, to supply to or assist to get
dentures a limited number of patients who would be unable otherwise
to obtain them.
Of the 633 new cases who attended the Clinic during the year, 227
were sent by local practitioners, 18 were referred by hospitals, 24 were
referred by school medical officers, 183 attended on their own initiative
and 160 on the advice of the P.H. staff. Four were transfers, 8 seen
in Greenwich and Deptford Hospital and 7 sent by the Ministry of
Pensions.
79 deaths occurred during 1925 among Dispensary cases. The
period which elapsed between first attendance and death varied between
one month in one case and 11 years in another.
21 cases attended for the first time within 3 months of death.
11 do. do. do. 6 do.
12 do. do. do. 12 do.
35 do. do. do. 24 do.