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Midwives and Nurses.
The Supervising Authority for Midwives is the London County
Council.
The Borough Council has made arrangements with both the
Nursing Associations, whereby the services of Midwives, Maternity
Nurses and Nurses are available. Full details of these facilities are
set out in Section 2 of this Report.
Consultation and Treatment Centres.
The Council has established Pre-Maternity Clinics, which are in
charge of a part-time lady doctor. The Report of this officer will be
found at the end of this Section; the details of these Clinics are set out
in Section 2.
Dental Clinics for expectant and nursing mothers, and children
under five years of age, exist in the eastern and western districts of the
Borough—one established by the Borough Council and one by the
Hampstead Council of Social Welfare. A reference to these Clinics
will be found in Section 2. The following is a summary of the work
carried out at the Council's Clinic during 1925:—
Number of Sessions held 52
Patients' Attendances 294
Number of Fillings 67
Number of Scalings 23
Extraction cases
Number of teeth extracted 153
With Gas 11
With Local Anaesthetic 47
Without Anaesthetic —
Number of Dentures(including repairs)19
Number of Dressings and Root treatment 53
Number for Advice 47
Number of Denture visits 60
Number of New Patients 87
Maternity Homes and Hospitals and other Institutions for the
reception of expectant and nursing mothers and young children
as in-patients.
A reference to these will also be found in Section 2 of this Report.
Maternity Homes and Hospitals.—The Borough Council contributes
towards the cost of beds in Queen Charlotte's Hospital which
are available for Hampstead residents.