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Bethnal Green 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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SPECIAL CLINIC FOR DELICATE CHILDREN.
Since 1925, a Special Consultation Clinic for
Delicate Children has been in operation at the Centre,
conducted by Miss Helen M. M. Mackay, M.D.,
F.R.C.P. Medical Officers at the Infant Consultations
observing children whose conditions require
special investigation, or on whom they desire a
second opinion, refer such children to the Special
Clinic.
During the year 38 new cases were referred to
Dr. Mackay and there were 255 consultations in all.
DENTAL CLINIC.
Three sessions per week are held in connection
with the Dental Clinic, conducted by Mrs. E. M.
Johnson, L.D.S. (R.C.S.) and by Mr. F. Reginald
Bate, L.D.S. (R.C.S.).
Mrs. Johnson reports on the work during the year as follows:—
| Sessions held | 46 of which 10 were Gas Sessions | ||
| New Cases | 113 | 107 | 6 |
| Subsequent attendances, including cases brought forward from 1937 | 409 | 407 | 2 |
| Total | 522 | 514 | 8 |
Mrs. Johnson reports on the work during the year as follows:—
| Total | Mothers | Children | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average attendance | 11.3 | |||
| Gas administrations | 98 | 96 | 2 | |
| Local anaesthetic | 19 | 18 | 1 | |
| Extractions | 633 | 602 Gas | 625 | 8 |
| 31 Local anaes. | ||||
| Fillings | 33 | 33 | — | |
| Gum treatment | 8 | 8 | — | |
| Scaling and polishing | 22 | 22 | — | |
| Dentures | 64 | 6 One plate 29 Two plates | — | — |
| Expectant mothers treated | 37 | — | ||
| Cases referred to Hospital | 0 | — | ||
| Patients recommended by Centre Doctors | 49 | 2 | ||
| „ „ „ H.V. | 50 | 2 | ||
| „ „ „ Others | 8 | — | ||