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Supply of national milk and vitamin supplements
These were supplied to expectant mothers and children under 5
years of age at all the Welfare Centres and Clinics in the borough
throughout the period.
Dental treatment
Because of the difficulty in obtaining dental treatment under
the previous arrangements for expectant and nursing mothers and for
children under five, an agreement was made with the British Dental
Hospital, Lewisham branch, whereby certain sessions were reserved
for cases referred through the child welfare centres and antenatal
clinics. The first sessions were held in March, 1948 and the work done
from then until the end of June is summarised in the following table:—
Summary of dental treatment during the months March to June, 1948
at the British Dental Hospital, Lewisham
Table 6
Particulars of patients
March
April
May
June
Totals
Wmn.
Chdn.
Wmn.
Chdn.
Wmn.
Chdn.
Wmn.
Chdn.
Wmn.
Chdn.
No. of attendances
19
17
73
30
73
12
80
47
245
106
No. of simple fillings
—
—
4
3
12
5
19
3
35
11
Extraction cases—
local administration
...
5
5
gas administration
1
23
11
34
11
19
19
77
41
no. of teeth extracted
2
-
73
33
94
34
39
46
208
113
Dentures—
upper
—
—
2
—
3
—
2
—
7
—
lower
—
—
2
—
3
—
1
—
6
—
repairs
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
No. of patients receiving
advice and
preliminary exam
18
10
44
-
16
20
27
25
105
55
Denture visits
—
—
13
—
9
—
14
—
36
—
No. of new patients
11
15
32
20
25
21
28
25
116
81
Number of dentures provided at St. John's Hospital during the
months January to June, 1948
Month Full Partial
January 6 2
February 8 3
March 8 1
April 10 3
May 6 2
June 9 2
Preliminary treatment was given where required in these cases.
Provision of insulin
The number of persons suffering from diabetes who received
insulin supplied under the Council's scheme during the period was 34,