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Dental Treatment.
The Council's Scheme for Dental Treatment provides for
financial assistance to enable nursing and expectant mothers to
obtain artificial dentures, and for extractions and fillings required
by mothers and children.
The work is now carried out by the Dental Department of the
St. John's Hospital, Lewisham.
During the year dental treatment was provided for 68 mothers
and 17 children, and complete or partial dentures to 20 mothers were
authorised by the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.
Milk Assistance Scheme.
The Council's Scheme for the provision of dried milk for
infants and nursing and expectant mothers was continued during
the year. The Sub-Committee charged with the duty of considering
applications for assistance from necessitous persons, authorised 1,879
grants of dried milk for four weeks free of charge, and 367 grants
at the reduced price of 6d. per lb. Altogether, 11,066 lbs. of dried
milk were issued at a cost to the Council of £782 3s. 5d.
Maternity Outfits.
There is an increasing demand for the sterilized maternity outfits
which are supplied to expectant mothers on the recommendation of
a doctor or midwife, and 314 outfits were supplied during the year,
compared with 227 in the previous year. No charge was made for
the outfit in 143 cases, 45 were issued at half-price, and 126 at cost
price.
Obstetric Consultants.
The services of the Consultants whose services are retained
by the Council were requisitioned by medical practitioners in six
cases of difficult confinement.
Home Helps.
There was very little demand for this service during the year,
and the services of a Home Help were provided n only 3 cases.