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DENTAL CARE FOR THE PRIORITY CLASSES
Section 22 of the National Health Service Act 1946 puts local authorities under
an obligation to provide dental care for children not yet at school and for nursing
and expectant mothers. The same dental officers and dental auxiliaries who treat
school children in the school health service carry out this part of their work in the
same c]inics and at the same time as they treat the school children under the school
dental service, This arrangement for mixing sessions to enable the family to attend
together has proved popular and is available at every dental surgery.Dental Auxiliaries
trained to treat very young children as a speciality attend to the majority of
pre-school children. The number of courses of completed treatment showed an increase
of 89% over last year.
Statistics are on page 81.
WELFARE FOODS AND VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS
The distribution of dried milk, cod liver oil, orange juice and vitamin tablets
on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Security continued at the Council'6
Clinic Centres, Issues during the year (Value £2,359) included:-
National Dried Milk tins 3,787
Cod Liver Oil bottles 1,529
Orange Juice bottles 27,293
Vitamin Tablets packets 1,279
Vitamn Drops bottles 1,461
Additionally, various brands of proprietary cereals, dried milk and vitamin
preparations recommended by Health Visitors or Medical Officers were available at
Clinic Centres, sales of these amounting to £5,208.
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