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City of Westminster 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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I would like to suggest tliat some system might he put into operation
whereby all patients sent to the Dental Clinic from the Welfare Centres
should be kept in touch with, by the latter, until all the dental treatment
necessary is completed.
There has been a marked increase in the numbers of children under
school age that have been brought to the Clinic, and the interest shown
by the parents in the care of their children's teeth is most gratifying.
I regret that it has not been possible to come to an arrangement over
the installation of an electric engine at the Clinic, which apart from enabling
the work to be done more speedily, ensures less pain to the patients, and
gives them more confidence in agreeing to preventive treatment.
New Cases 209
Subsequent attendances 1,059
Teeth extracted 957
Teeth filled 183
Other dental operations 522
Anaesthetics administered:—
local 5
general 218
Dentures supplied 12
Number of sessions 95
T. Stewart Tait, L.D.S.,
Dental Surgeon.

Table: Table XIII.Comparative statement of work of Dental Clinic (M. & C.W. section) since 1927 :—

Table XIII.

Comparative statement of work of Dental Clinic (M. & C.W. section) since 1927 :—

1927.1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.
Number of Sessions90ss8978959995
New patients204172153257257241205
Subsequent attendances8028077931,1291,4141,2861,059
Teeth extractions1,1989301,1721.3051,1071.089957
Teeth filled248208148201222207183
Other dental operations7776386631,2251,174720522
Anesthetics administered— Local172S332325125
General263182194253255242218
Dentures supplied6141822151312

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Patients contributed £11 19s. 6d. in small sums according to their
means.
Convalescence.—The Council has again provided in the estimates
for assistance in obtaining convalescent treatment. 12 Westminster
patients at the Infants' Hospital, Vincent Square were sent to
a convalescent home for periods varying from 2 weeks to 3 months. After