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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Holborn 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: The following is a summary of attendances, etc., at the dental clinic during the five years, 1921.25:—

The following is a summary of attendances, etc., at the dental clinic during the five years, 1921.25:—

Year.Total.
19211922192319211925m.C.
m.C.m.C.m.C.m.C.m.C.
New patients44256623502345454932254148
Attendances3513023104514431,857
Extractions—
No anæsthetic————1212
Local anaesthetic33027634118125213710
General anesthetic3317341044164129382719099
Fillings241533224812783110757290137
Dentures provided282115171697

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Supply of Milk and Food for Expectant and Nursing Mothers and for Infants.
The supply of milk and food at less than cost price was continued during the
year under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918, for:—
(a) Nursing Mothers;
(b) Expectant mothers in the last three months of pregnancy;
(c) Children up to three years of age and, exceptionally, to children between
three and five years of age.
Scale of Necessity.
The approved scale of necessity adopted by the Council on the 14th October,
1921, continued in force during the year 1925.
Applications received for milk free or at less than cost price are carefully
investigated. Enquivies are made to verify statements of wages and other income;
information is obtained from the Guardians of the Poor as to relief given for
unemployment or other necessitous conditions. Other possible sources of assistance
are investigated, and all practicable steps taken to prevent overlapping. The
applications are considered by an Assistance Sub-Committee of the Maternity and