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CLINIC CENTRES
The Clinic Centre at Rhondda Grove closed in March, and was transferred to Wellington
Way Centre. This centre occupied rooms in a convent, in which an infant welfare clinic
session was held twice-weekly, and the closure was necessitated by the transfer of the
convent to new premises in another part of the borough.
CRECHES
Children can be placed in creches for an afternoon at many of the infant welfare
centres by mothers who wish to attend the mothers' club or sewing class at the centre
or who have hospital appointments.
Creches provide facilities for mothers to be relieved of their children for 2 or 3
hours during the day; they also provide an opportunity for an only child to associate
with other children of the same age.
No charge is made where the mother is attending a centre activity but a charge of
l/9d per session is made if the mother wishes to leave her child there whilst she attends
to shopping or other domestic duties.
PLAYGROUPS
There are four playgroups in the borough, organised by a voluntary association,
which cater for approximately 118 children daily.
DENTAL CARE FOR THE PRIORITY CLASSES
It is the responsibility of the Local Health Authority, under Part III of the National
Health Service Act, 194 6, to make special provision for the dental care of expectant
and nursing mothers and for those children under school age.
There were 3,765 babies born in the borough during the period July, 1965 to June
1966 and of those mothers seeking dental treatment during pregnancy the great majority
attended their local general dental practitioner. Approximately 6% of expectant mothers
attend the borough's ante-natal clinics while the majority attend a local hospital or
general medical practitiorter.
The need for personal dental health during and after pregnancy and the need to
consider the developing dentition of the unborn child must be understood by all expectant
mothers, who should be advised to seek a dental consultation as soon as possible by
their ante-natal medical advisers. The borough's dental service is available to all
expectant mothers on request.
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