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(3) Dental Clinic. Expectant and Nursing Potential
No. of expectant and nursing mothers
treated 145 418
No. of cases in which general anaesthetic
for extractions was administered ... 38 91
No. of teeth extracted 248 603
No. of teeth filled 1 11
No of pre-school children treated 151
No. of cases in which general anaesthetic
for extraction was administered 131
No. of temporary teeth extracted 330
No. of temporary teeth filled 1
(4) Health Visitors.
No. of infants under one year of age
visited for first time 1,380
Total visits to infants under 1 year of age 12,505
Total visits to children 1 to 5 years of age 28,509
No. of expectant mothers visited 760
Total visits to expectant mothers 2,534
(5) Infant Life Protection.
No. on Register, 1st January, 1949:—
Foster mothers 1
Foster children 2
No. on Register, 31st December, 1949:—
Foster mothers 3
Foster children 5
(6) Child Minders (Daily Guardians).
Statutory registrations 1
Voluntary registrations (at 31st December,
1949) 6
(7) Home and Domestic Helps.
Total No. of cases assisted during the
year:—
Maternity 41
Others 265
(8) Care of Premature Infants.
No. of premature births during the year 91
No. of deaths under 1 month 6
(9) Immunisation.
No. of children who completed a full
course of primary immunisation at
ad hoc clinics :—
Under 5 years of age 560
5-14 years of age 9
No. of children who were given a secondary
or re-inforcing injection 26
{Information regarding children immunised
at General Welfare Sessions, Schools and by
General Practitioners is not readily available
on a Borough basis.)
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