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Women. Children. Total.
Sessions held 202 48 250
No. of patients treated 391 266 657
No. of new patients 264 186 450
Total attendances 2,166 773 2,939
Work carried out:—
Extractions—
Ordinary — 2 2
With local anaesthetic 49 1 50
„ general anaesthetic 402 167 569
Totals 451 170 621
No. of teeth extracted 1,264 443 1,707
Scaling and polishing ... 82 2 84
Fillings 134 55 189
Upper dentures 69 — 69
Lower dentures 58 — 58
Denture visits 378 — 378
Dressings and treatment to
gums 122 3 125
Repairs to dentures 21 — 21
Advice 918 534 1,452
The Council have, since 1927, undertaken the dental treatment
at scale charges of Chelsea patients referred by the Chelsea Health
Society for the purpose and the payments of the Society, during
the financial year 1936-7 (exclusive of the cost of dentures, shewn
below), amounted to £40 19s. 6d.
The cost of dentures supplied during the financial year amounted
to £235 7s. 6d. and the sums received from various sources were
as under.
£ s. d.
Contributed by patients. 88 9 6
Payments by Chelsea Health Society 57 12 6
Grants from British Dental Hospital 33 13 6
Grants from Saturday and Sunday Hospital Funds 27 19 6
Contribution by the Council 27 12 6
£235 7 6
The net cost of this service during 1936-37 was £489 10s. 6d.
Ante-Natal Clinics.
The ante-natal clinics provided by the Council under their
Maternity and Child Welfare scheme are under the direction and
supervision of the consultant gynaecologist (Miss Alice Bloomfield,
m.d., f.r.c.s., f.c.o.g.). These clinics are held at the out-patient
department of the Borough Maternity Hospital on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays, and for the convenience of patients
living at a distance from the Hospital a session is held at the Southlands
centre on Fridays. Clinics are also held at the Plough Road and